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Review Sony Classical / Puccini: Great Opera Arias
Tracks Puccini: Great Opera Arias
  • Madam Butterfly - The Humming Chorus
  • La Boheme - Si, mi chiamamo Mimi
  • La Villi - Se come voi pivvini io fossi
  • Sour Angelica - Senza mamma, o bimbo
  • Gianni Schicchi - Firenze e come un alberto fiorito
  • Turandot - In questa reggia
  • La Fanciulla del West - Ch'ella mi creda livero e lontana
  • Nessun dorma
  • Madam Butterfly - Scouti quella fronda di (The Flower Duet)
  • Manon Lecaut - In quelle trini morbide
  • Madam Butterfly - Un bel vedremo
  • Manon Lecaut - Sola, perduta, abbandonata
  • Tosca - Dammi i colori
  • La Boheme - Quando m'en vo'soletta
  • Tosca - E lucevan le stele
  • Madam Butterfly - Tu? Tu? Piccolo iddio
  • Tosca - Vissi d'arte
  • Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro
  • La Rondine - Chi il bel cogno di Doretta
  • Turandot - Signore, ascolta!
Publisher: Sony Classical
Release date: 2001-11-05
Creator: Giacomo Puccini
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.49

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Review John Field / Field - The Piano Concertos
Publisher: Chandos
Release date: 2008-06-30
Run time: 249 min.
RRP: £23.99
Price: £15.82

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Tracks Portraits in Blue - Marcus Roberts
  • I Got Rhythm
  • Yamekraw
  • Rhapsody In Blue
Publisher: Sony Classical
Release date: 1996-08-01
Creator: Marcus Roberts
RRP: £15.99
Price: £14.30

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Review Various Composers / Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World...Ever! [Aus Import]
Tracks Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World...Ever! [Aus Import]
  • Waltz No. 15 in a Flat - Moura Lympany
  • Für Elise (Bagatelle No. 25) - Moura Lympany
  • Granada (Suite Española No. 1)
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor Op. 11 - II: Romance (Larghetto) ... - Jerzy Maksymiuk, Garrick Ohlsson, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra,
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Variation 18 - Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, , Cécile Ousset, , Simon Rattle,
  • Cançons I Dansas No. 1
  • Den Frühling (Lyric Pieces Op. 43 No. 6) - Daniel Adni
  • Piano Concerto in a Minor - II: Adagio - The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Cécile Ousset,
  • Berceuse from Dolly Suite Op. 56 - Jean-Philippe Collard, Bruno Rigutto
  • Frühlingslied [Lieder Ohne Wörte No. 30 in A, Op. 62 No. 6] - Daniel Adni
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Op. 102 - II: Andante - Dmitri Alexeev, English Chamber Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk
  • Tango Op. 65 No. 2 - Moura Lympany
  • Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor BWV1056 - II: Largo - Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Andrei Gavrilov, Sir Neville Marriner
  • Gnossienne No. 1 (Lent) - Aldo Ciccolini
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 18 - II: Adagio Sostenuto (Opening) - Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, , Cécile Ousset, , Simon Rattle,
  • Prélude No. 15 in D Flat "Raindrop" Op. 28 No. 15 - Dmitri Alexeev
  • Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor "Moonlight" Op. 27 No. 2 - I: ... - Moura Lympany
  • Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque - Moura Lympany
  • Berceuse in D Flat Op. 57 - Peter Donohoe
  • Étude in E "Tristesse" Op. 10 No. 3 - John Ogdon
  • Liebestraum No. 3 in a Flat - Jerzy Maksymiuk
  • Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (Préludes Book I) - Moura Lympany
  • Nocturne No. 2 in E Flat Op. 9 No. 2 - Jerzy Maksymiuk
  • Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat "Emperor" Op. 73 - II: Adagio un ... - Alceo Galliera, Walter Gieseking, The Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Gymnopédie No. 1 (Lent et Douloureux) - Aldo Ciccolini
  • Nocturne No. 10 in a Flat Op. 32 No. 2 - Daniel Adni
  • Minuet in G - Moura Lympany
  • Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor Op. 15 No. 2 - Maurizio Pollini
  • Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathétique" Op. 13 - II: Adagio ... - Walter Gieseking
  • Piano Concerto No. 21 in C "Elvira Madigan" K467 - II: Andante - Hallé Choir, , Stephen Hough, Bryden Thomson
  • Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) From ... - Moura Lympany
  • Waltz No. 9 in a Flat Op. 69 No. 1 - Dmitri Alexeev
  • Maja y el Ruiseñor (Goyescas No. 4) - Magda Tagliaferro
  • Träumerei from Kinderszenen - Moura Lympany
  • Goldberg Variations BWV988 - Aria - Maria Tipo
  • Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor K466 - II: Romanze - Sir Adrian Boult, Jean-Philippe Collard, The Philharmonia Orchestra
Publisher: EMI
Release date: 2001-07-16
Run time: 152 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.01

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Review Opus Arte Media Productions / A Midsummer Night's Dream - Pacific Northwest Ballet [1999]
Tracks A Midsummer Night's Dream - Pacific Northwest Ballet [1999]
  • Patricia Barker
  • Julie Tobiason
  • Paul Gibson
  • Ross Yearsley
  • Seth Belliston
  • Ross MacGibbon
Publisher: Opus Arte Media Productions
Release date: 2001-06-26
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: William Shakespeare
RRP: £24.99
Price: £16.46

Review A Midsummer Night's Dream - Pacific Northwest Ballet [1999] / Opus Arte Media Productions:

This performance of George Balanchine's ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream was filmed live at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, in February 1999 and won the award for "Best Television Realisation of a Stage Production" at IMZ Dance Screen. The music is from Mendelssohn's youthful overture plus later theatre music, and five other pieces by the composer all selected by the great Russian choreographer Balanchine in 1962. In a fine ensemble cast, Paul Gibson as Oberon and Patricia Barker as Titania are suitably aloof, at least until the latter dances with the ass Bottom (Timothy Lynch) in a highlight of touching comedy. After all the quarrelsome entanglements of the first act, the finale ensures celebration and richly deserved happy endings all round. The simple sets have a picturesque charm, the costumes a fairytale glamour and the large cast, including many children, dance with flair and enthusiasm; this is clearly one production where everyone was having a fine time. In fact it is rather more enjoyable than Hollywood's A Midsummer Night's Dream of the same year. Ballet aficionados may also want to explore the BBC's wonderful Coppélia (2000). On the DVD: There are no special features on the disc, but the 12-page booklet is entirely in English and is well presented, offering track and cast lists, a synopsis and notes on Balanchine, Mendelssohn and the creative talents and directors of the Pacific Northwest Ballet. The sound is atmospheric-Dolby Digital 5. 0-and the anamorphically enhanced 16:9 image is good, though slightly soft, and does occasionally reveal some compression artefacting. [+]
In defiance of regional encoding regulations, not only is this DVD region free, but includes the normal PAL UK television system programme material on one side and on the reverse includes the same content in NTSC format, suitable for American playback. Anyone curious to see if one format is better will find that the UK PAL transfer contains just a little more picture detail. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review David Hirschfelder / Hirschfelder - Elizabeth
Tracks Hirschfelder - Elizabeth
  • Walsingham
  • Night of the Long Knives
  • Ballard
  • Rondes
  • Parliament
  • Love Theme
  • Love Theme
  • Conspiracy
  • Nimrod
  • Elizabeth Overture
  • Requiem
  • Coronation Banquet
  • Aftermath
  • One Mistress No Master
  • Tonight I Think I Die
Publisher: Decca
Release date: 1998-10-05
RRP: £12.99
Price: £8.40

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Review The Tallis Scholars / Josquin - Missa Sine Nomine
Tracks Josquin - Missa Sine Nomine
  • Missa Sine nomine
  • Missa Ad fugam
Publisher: Gimell
Release date: 2008-03-03
Run time: 69 min.
Creator: Peter Phillips
RRP: £15.99
Price: £11.44

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Review Hyperion / The English Hymn, Vol 5
Publisher: Hyperion
Release date: 2004-08-02
Run time: 69 min.
Creator: Wells Cathedral Choir
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.97

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Review Chandos / Britten - Death in Venice
Tracks Britten - Death in Venice
  • Voice Of Dionysus: 'Receive The Stranger God'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Chorus: 'Young Discobolus'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Aschenbach: 'So, It Has Come To This'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Hotel Manager: 'The Wind Still Blows From The Land'
  • Leader Of The Players: 'Fiorir Rose In Mezo Al Giasso'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • (The Hotel Manager Watches Aschenbach Go Out To The Deserted Beach...) - Aschenbach: 'Ah, No!'
  • Chorus: 'Kyrie Eleison'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Aschenbach: 'Does Beauty Lead To Wisdom, Phaedrus?'
  • Chorus: 'First, The Race!'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Hotel Barber: 'Guardate, Signore!'
  • Aschenbach: 'The Boy, Tadzio, Shall Inspire Me'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Aschenbach, With His New Appearence, Is Seen Getting Gaily Into A Gondola - Aschenbach: 'Hurrah For The Piazza'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Hotel Barber: 'Yes! A Very Wise Desicion, If I May Say So'
  • (Aschenbach Begins Following The Family) - Aschenbach: 'And Now I Cannot Let Them Out Of Sight'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Chorus: 'Try Your Skill'
  • Aschenbach: 'So-I Didn't Speak!'
  • Chorus: 'Measure To Fight'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Aschenbach Up And Down Agitatedly - Aschenbach: 'So It Is True, True, More Fearful That I Thought'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Chorus: 'Up And Over'
  • Aschenbach Slowly Moves To His Chair On The Beach... - Aschenbach: 'Do What You Will With Me!'
  • Hotel Porter: 'This Way For The Players, Signori!'
  • Aschenbach: 'Gustav Von Aschenbach, What Is This Path You Have Taken?'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • A Young English Clerk: 'One Moment, If You Please'
  • (Orchestral Introduction)
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Aschenbach Is Crossing To Venice - Aschenbach: 'Do I Detect A Scent?'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • (The Leader Of The Players Comes Forward...) - Leader Of The Players: 'La Mia Nonna Always Used To Tell Me'
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
  • Death In Venice, Op.88
Publisher: Chandos
Release date: 2005-02-07
Run time: 151 min.
Creator: BBC Singers
RRP: £30.99
Price: £20.25

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Review R Carlos Nakai / Glass - Harpsichord Concerto; Piano Concerto No 2
Tracks Glass - Harpsichord Concerto; Piano Concerto No 2
  • Movement II - Jillon Stoppels Dupree
  • 'Sacagawea' - Movement II - Paul Barnes
  • 'The Vision' - Movement I - Paul Barnes
  • 'The Land' - Movement III - Paul Barnes
  • Movement III - Jillon Stoppels Dupree
  • Movement I - Jillon Stoppels Dupree
Publisher: Orange Mountain
Release date: 2006-10-30
Run time: 59 min.
Creator: Philip Glass
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.27

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Review DG / Mozart: Violin Sonatas
Tracks Mozart: Violin Sonatas
  • 2. Andante sostenuto - Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman
  • Sonatas in G major, K301
  • Sonatas in C major, K305
  • 1. Adagio - Allegro - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • Sonatas in E minor, K304
  • 1. Allegro moderato - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 3. Allegretto - Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman
  • Sonatas in A major, K526
  • 1. Allegro vivace - Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman
  • 2. Tema con variazioni: Tema - Var. I/VI - Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman
  • 3. Presto - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • Sonatas in G major, K379
  • Sonatas in E flat major, K302
  • 3. Allegretto - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 2. Tempo di minuetto - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • Sonatas in B flat major, K454
  • 3. Tema (Andante) con variazioni - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 3. Rondo (Allegro) - Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman
  • 1. Allegro - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • Sonatas in D major, K306
  • Sonatas in F major, K547
  • Sonatas in B flat major, K378
  • 1. Allegro di molto - Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman
  • Sonatas in F major, K377
  • Sonatas in C major, K296
  • Sonatas in F major, K376
  • 3. Rondeau (Allegro) - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • Sonatas in E flat major, K303
  • 3. Rondo (Allegro) - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 2. Andante - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • Sonatas in E flat major, K380
  • 3. Tempo di menuetto - Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman
  • 1. Andantino cantabile - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 2. Andante - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 2. Andante con moto - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 2. Andantino sostenuto e cantabile - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 2. Allegro - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 1. Allegro molto - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 1. Largo - Allegro - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 2. Tema con variazioni: Tema - Var. I/V - Tema - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim
  • 2. Tema (Andante) con variazioni - Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman
  • Sonatas in E flat major, K481
Publisher: DG
Release date: 2000-09-11
Run time: 278 min.
Creator: Daniel Barenboim
RRP: £19.99
Price: £11.99

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Review Wim Mertens / Mertens - Educes me
Tracks Mertens - Educes me
  • When the Line Grows Thick
  • Fosse
  • No Plans, No Projects
  • Usura
  • Visiting Card
  • Educes Me
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 2008-06-02
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.76

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Review Harmonia Mundi / Debussy / Poulenc (Debussy: Cello Sonata No.1/Valse/Scherzo/Intermezzo - Poulenc: Cello Sonata/Bagatelle in D minor/Serenade/Suite francais) Jean-Guihen Queyras / Alexandre Tharaud
Publisher: Harmonia Mundi
Release date: 2008-09-29
Run time: 63 min.
Creator: Alexandre Tharaud
RRP: £15.99
Price: £12.33

Review Debussy / Poulenc (Debussy: Cello Sonata No.1/Valse/Scherzo/Intermezzo - Poulenc: Cello Sonata/Bagatelle in D minor/Serenade/Suite francais) Jean-Guihen Queyras / Alexandre Tharaud / Harmonia Mundi:


Review Ileana Cotrubas Plácido Domingo Sherrill Milnes Stefania Malagu Bavarian State Orchestra Carlos Kleiber / Verdi: La Traviata
Tracks Verdi: La Traviata
  • "Di Provenza il mar, il suol" - Sherrill Milnes, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Non sapete quale affetto" - Ileana Cotrubas, Sherrill Milnes, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Ogni suo aver tal femmina" - Plácido Domingo, Walter Gullino, Bruno Grella, Giovanni Foiani, Alfredo Giacomotti, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Wolfgang Baumgart
  • "Alfredo! Voi!" - Plácido Domingo, Stefania Malagu, Ileana Cotrubas, Bruno Grella, Walter Gullino, Paul Friess, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Follie! Delirio vano è questo!" - "Sempre libera" - Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Ah! Dite alla giovine" - Ileana Cotrubas, Sherrill Milnes, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Ebben? che diavol fate?" - Walter Gullino, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Un dì felice, eterea" - Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Annina, donde vieni?" - "Oh mio rimorso!" - Plácido Domingo, Helena Jungwirth, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Noi siamo zingarelle" - Stefania Malagu, Alfredo Giacomotti, Giovanni Foiani, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Wolfgang Baumgart
  • "Dammi tu forza, o cielo!" - Ileana Cotrubas, Helena Jungwirth, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Ah, non più!" - "Ah! Gran Dio! Morir sì giovine" - Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Alfredo?" "Per Parigi or or partiva" - Ileana Cotrubas, Helena Jungwirth, Walter Gullino, Sherrill Milnes, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • Prelude - Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Invitato a qui seguirmi" - Stefania Malagu, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Walter Gullino, Bruno Grella, Giovanni Foiani, Alfredo Giacomotti, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Wolfgang Baumgart
  • "Ah, vive sol quel core" - Plácido Domingo, Walter Gullino, Paul Winter, Sherrill Milnes, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Dell'invito trascorsa è già l'ora" - Ileana Cotrubas, Stefania Malagu, Alfredo Giacomotti, Bruno Grella, Giovanni Foiani, Walter Gullino, Plácido Domingo, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Wolfgang Baumgart
  • "Tenesta la promessa" - "Attendo, né a me giungon mai" - "Addio del passato" - Ileana Cotrubas, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Che è ciò?" - Stefania Malagu, Walter Gullino, Bruno Grella, Giovanni Foiani, Alfredo Giacomotti, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Wolfgang Baumgart
  • "Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende" - Sherrill Milnes, Plácido Domingo, Stefania Malagu, Walter Gullino, Bruno Grella, Giovanni Foiani, Alfredo Giacomotti, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Wolfgang Baumgart
  • "Annina?" "Comandate?" - Ileana Cotrubas, Helena Jungwirth, Giovanni Foiani, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) - Plácido Domingo, Stefania Malagu, Walter Gullino, Bruno Grella, Giovanni Foiani, Alfredo Giacomotti, Ileana Cotrubas, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Wolfgang Baumgart
  • "Un dì, quando le veneri" - Sherrill Milnes, Ileana Cotrubas, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Avrem lieta di maschere la notte" - Stefania Malagu, Alfredo Giacomotti, Giovanni Foiani, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora" - Stefania Malagu, Walter Gullino, Bruno Grella, Giovanni Foiani, Alfredo Giacomotti, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Wolfgang Baumgart
  • Prelude - Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Che fai?" "Nulla" - Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Largo a quadrupede" - Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Wolfgang Baumgart
  • "Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core" - Ileana Cotrubas, Sherrill Milnes, Plácido Domingo, Stefania Malagu, Walter Gullino, Bruno Grella, Giovanni Foiani, Alfredo Giacomotti, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Wolfgang Baumgart
  • "Ah, Violetta!" "Voi? Signor?" - Sherrill Milnes, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Di Madride noi siam mattadori" - Walter Gullino, Stefania Malagu, Giovanni Foiani, Alfredo Giacomotti, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Wolfgang Baumgart
  • "Lunge da lei" - "De' miei bollenti spiriti" - Plácido Domingo, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Pura siccome un angelo" - Sherrill Milnes, Ileana Cotrubas, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • Signora...Che t'accadde...Parigi, o cara - Helena Jungwirth, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Né rispondi d'un padre all'affetto?" - "No, non udrai rimproveri" - Sherrill Milnes, Plácido Domingo, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "E strano!" - "Ah, fors'è lui" - Ileana Cotrubas, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Prendi, quest'è l'immagine" - Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Helena Jungwirth, Giovanni Foiani, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
  • "Imponete" "Non amarlo ditegli" - Ileana Cotrubas, Sherrill Milnes, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2007-09-06
Run time: 110 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.87

Review Verdi: La Traviata / Ileana Cotrubas Plácido Domingo Sherrill Milnes Stefania Malagu Bavarian State Orchestra Carlos Kleiber:


Review Mitsuko Uchida English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate / Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos, Vol.3
Tracks Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos, Vol.3
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Andantino
  • 1. Allegro vivace
  • 1. Allegretto grazioso
  • 3. Allegro
  • 2. Adagio
  • 2. Andantino
  • 2. Andante un poco sostenuto
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Allegro vivace
  • 1. Allegro vivace
  • 3. Allegro
  • 2. (Andante)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Allegro ma non troppo
  • 3. Rondeau (Presto)
  • 3. Allegretto
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2003-01-13
Run time: 146 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £8.76

Review Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos, Vol.3 / Mitsuko Uchida English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate:


Review Hagen Quartett / Mozart: String Quartets
Tracks Mozart: String Quartets
  • 1. Adagio
  • 2. Andante cantabile
  • 3. Presto
  • 2. Romance (Andante) - Hagen Quartett, Alois Posch
  • 3. Allegro assai
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 3. Adagio
  • 2. Menuetto (Allegretto)
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 3. Presto
  • 1. Adagio - Hagen Quartett, Roberto Di Ronza
  • 2. Fugue - Hagen Quartett, Roberto Di Ronza
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Allegro di molto
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Menuetto. Allegro
  • 1. Andante
  • 3. Minuetto (Allegretto)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 3. Menuetto (Allegretto) - Hagen Quartett, Alois Posch
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 2. Menuetto
  • Fugue in E major, BWV 878
  • 1. Allegro vivace assai
  • 1. Presto
  • 1. Allegro ma non troppo
  • 1. Allegro spiritoso
  • 2. Larghetto
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Andante cantabile
  • 1. Adagio - Allegro
  • 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Allegretto
  • Fugue in E flat major, BWV 876
  • 4. (Allegro)
  • 2. Moderato
  • 2. Allegro
  • 1. (Allegro ma molto moderato)
  • Fugue in D sharp minor, BWV 877
  • 1. Allegro moderato
  • 4. Allegro assai
  • 1. Adagio - Allegro assai
  • 1. Allegretto
  • 4. Allegro vivace
  • 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
  • 4. Molto allegro
  • 4. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Rondo (Allegro grazioso)
  • 3. Adagio
  • 2. Menuetto
  • 2. Andante con moto
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Un poco adagio
  • 4. Allegro assai
  • 1. Allegro vivace assai
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Andante
  • 1. Andante
  • 3. Presto
  • 4. Allegro assai
  • 2. Andantino grazioso
  • 4. Rondo (Allegro) - Hagen Quartett, Alois Posch
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Allegro non troppo
  • 3. Menuetto. Allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Allegro
  • 3. Molto allegro
  • 4. Allegro
  • 2. Andante un poco allegretto
  • 4. Rondeaux (Allegro)
  • Fugue in D major, BWV 874
  • 3. Un poco adagio
  • 3. Andante
  • 4. Rondeaux (Allegro)
  • 2. Adagio
  • 3. Menuetto. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro moderato
  • Fugue in C minor, BWV 871
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 4. Rondo
  • 1. Allegretto
  • 3. Tempo di Menuetto
  • 3. Andante
  • 2. Menuetto
  • 4. Allegro molto
  • 4. Allegro ma non troppo - Più allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Molto allegro
  • 4. Allegro assai
  • 2. Adagio
  • 3. Menuetto (Moderato)
  • 1. Allegro - Hagen Quartett, Alois Posch
  • 3. Tempo di Menuetto
  • 4. Allegretto
  • 3. Presto
  • 1. (Allegro)
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2006-05-15
Run time: 527 min.
RRP: £34.99
Price: £23.96

Review Mozart: String Quartets / Hagen Quartett:


Review St. Paul's Cathedral Choir / The Music of St Paul's
Tracks The Music of St Paul's
  • There's A Wideness In God's Mercy/Immortal Invisible/Miserer
  • God Be In My Head/Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis In C
  • Placare Christe Servulis
  • I Waited For The Lord
  • Lord Is My Shepherd
  • Let The People Praise Thee O God
  • Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind
  • Evening Hymn
  • Magnificat/Nunc Dimittis
  • Day Thou Gavest
  • I Was Glad
Publisher: Hyperion
Release date: 2000-07-24
Run time: 78 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £4.28

Review The Music of St Paul's / St. Paul's Cathedral Choir:


Review Magdalena Kozená Musica Florea Marek Stryncl / Magdalena Ko¿ená - Bach Arias
Tracks Magdalena Ko¿ená - Bach Arias
  • 3. Verstummt, ihr holden Saiten
  • 5. Aria: "Wie starb die Heldin so vergnügt"
  • 5. Aria: Kommt, ihr angefocht'nen Sünder
  • Aria: "Et exsultavit spiritus meus" (soprano II)
  • No.35 Aria (soprano): " Zerfließe, mein Herz "
  • Laudamus te
  • 2. Aria: Komm, mein Herze steht dir offen
  • 3. Aria: "Wohl euch, ihr auserwählten Seelen"
  • No.39 Aria (Alto): "Erbarme dich"
  • Aria: Schafe können sicher weiden
  • 3. Aria: Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges Brot
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2000-07-10
Run time: 55 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.97

Review Magdalena Ko¿ená - Bach Arias / Magdalena Kozená Musica Florea Marek Stryncl:


Review Renee Fleming / Rene Fleming - Songs: in Concert from Mainz Cathedral [2006]
Publisher: Decca
Release date: 2006-04-10
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £13.42

Review Rene Fleming - Songs: in Concert from Mainz Cathedral [2006] / Renee Fleming:


Review Erato / Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Tracks Bach: Christmas Oratorio
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Aria: Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Ja, ja, mein Herz'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Aria: Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Schlafe, mein Liebster'
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: Wass will der Holle Schrecken nun
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Ehre sei Gott in der Hoehe'
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Und asbald war da bei dem Engel'
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Er hat sein Volk getroest't'
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um'
  • I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein!'
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Dies hat er alles uns getan'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fallen
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Seid froh, dieweil'
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Herrscher des Himmels, erhoere das Lallen'
  • I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Bereite dich, Zion, mit zartlichen Trieben'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo accompagnato: Warum wollt ihr erschrekken?
  • I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Nun wird mein liebster Brautigam'
  • I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Wie soll ich dich empfangen'
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: So geht! Genug, mein Schatz
  • I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo: Und liess versammeln alle Hohenpriester
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Was Gott dem Abraham verheissen'
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Und der Engel sprach zu ihnen'
  • I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Grosser Herr, o starker Koening'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben
  • I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit'
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Brich an, o schoenes Morgenlicht'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Aria: Flosst, mein Heiland, flosst dein Namen
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Aria: Nun mogt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet'
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel Fuhren'
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend'
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Schliesse, mein Herze'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Recitativo: Und da acht Tage um waren
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Und das habt zum Zeichen'
  • I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Und sie gebahr ihren ersten Sohn'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo: Mein Liebster herrschet schon
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: Als sie nun den Konig gehoret hatten
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Recitativo: Wohlan, dein Name soll allein
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Dein Glanz all' Finsternis verzehrt
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo: Da das der Konig Herodes horte
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Wir singen dir in deinem Heer'
  • VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Aria: Nur ein Wink von seinen Handen
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Jesus richte mein Beginnen
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Ich will dich mit Fleiss bewahren'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'So geht denn hin'
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Herrr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo: Da Jesus geboren war zu Bethlehem
  • I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Er ist auf Erden kommen arm'
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Herrscher des Himmels, erhoere das Lallen'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Zwar ist solche Herzensstube
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet'
  • II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: Sinfonia
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo: Wo ist der neugeborne Koenig der Juden?
  • III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Und sie kamen eilend'
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Recitativo: Immanuel, o suesses Wort!
  • Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Aria Terzetto: Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen
Publisher: Erato
Release date: 1999-10-01
Creator: Klaus Mertens
RRP: £12.99
Price: £10.98

Review Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Erato:

Like that of the Easter and Ascension oratorios, the music of the Christmas Oratorio was compiled mainly from Bach's secular cantatas. That said, individual texts and scores were also considerably reworked for the composer to come up with a densely argued and pristinely shaped structure which assumes the form of a six-part arch, taking the Nativity story from Birth, via Annunciation, Adoration, Circumcision and Naming to the Coming of the Magi and their eventual climactic Adoration. Reciprocally well argued and formed is Tom Koopman's fastidious reading with his own well-drilled Baroque Orchestra and Choir. From a festive and rustic opening onwards-trumpets and timpani bristling with energy and attack-Koopman rightly treats the oratorio as a journey of discovery. And what lavish treats lie in store along the way, not in the least the immaculate contributions of all four vocal soloists, especially the velvety alto of Elisabeth von Magnus and the rich bass of Klaus Mertens. Propulsive tempi assist in keeping both the drama and the momentum going, and there's some sharp split-second editing to ensure that recitatives, arias and choruses really flow. Add the pristine playing of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, plus fine recording balance between them, soloists and choir for a thrilling and first-rate rendition. -Duncan Hadfield.

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