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Tracks Strauss - Die Fledermaus [Blu-ray] [2003]
Release date: 2008-03-31
Run time: 198 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £17.80
Review Strauss - Die Fledermaus [Blu-ray] [2003] / Opus Arte Media Productions:
Tracks Make The Party Last - 25 All-time Party Greats
- Knock Three Times
- The Summer Knows
- La Bamba - James Last Band
- Close To You
- You Are The Sunshine Of My Life / Never Can Say Goodbye
- In The Summertime / Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha
- I Hear You Knocking
- Joy To The World
- Havah Nagilah
- I Don't Know How To Love Him
- What Now My Love - James Last Band
- Song Sung Blue
- Banks Of The Ohio
- Soley Soley / Is This The Way To Amarillo
- Cracklin' Rosie / Rose Garden
- The Pushbike Song / What Have They Done To My Song Ma
- Medley: Rock Around The Clock / See You Later Alligator / Hound Dog
- Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
Release date: 2001-02-05
Run time: 53 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.71
Review Make The Party Last - 25 All-time Party Greats / James Last:
Tracks Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3 etc
- Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Sérénade in B flat minor, Op.3 No.5
- Etude-tableaux in C sharp minor, Op.33 No.6
- Prelude in D minor
- Romance in F minor, Op.10 No.6
- Andante, Op.19
- Prelude in F minor, Op.32 No.3
Release date: 2000-10-02
Creator: Arcadi Volodos
RRP: £16.99
Price: £8.98
Review Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3 etc / Sony Classics:This has to be one of the most eagerly awaited discs of 2000. Arcadi Volodos-the young Russian tiger with fingers of steel and a heart of pure poetry-has so far made two solo recordings, both of which have been deservedly acclaimed to the heavens. Now comes his first concerto recording: Rach 3, a bold choice pitting him against some of the greats of the past. So does it measure up? Well, yes and no. Straight off, he and Levine don't seem to have the most companionable of partnerships. The work doesn't soar and envelop, it doesn't have quite the declamatory ardour that the finest readings possess. Being a live performance that might seem odd, but then the CD lists several dates which would indicate a certain amount of knitting-together at the editing stage. Having said that, as a demonstration of superb piano playing per se, it's impressive. But how much finer is Volodos when he holds the stage alone in the solo works that fill out this disc. The range of colours he reveals in the transcription of the slow movement of the Cello Sonata is breathtaking-and alone virtually worth the price of the disc. [+]-Harriet Smith.
Tracks Massenet: Thaïs
- Mon oeuvre est accomplie! - Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Enkelejda Shkosa, Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Sois le bienvenu dans nos tabernacles - Enkelejda Shkosa, Thomas Hampson, Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Prélude (Deuxième Tableau) - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Thaïs va mourir! - Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Toi, qui mis la pitié dans nos âmes - Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Ah! Ah! Ah!...Je vais donc te revoir - Marie Devellereau, Isabelle Cals, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Divertissement: 4. Allegretto con spirito - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Je suis Athanaël, moine d'Antinoé - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Méditation religieuse - Symphonie - Renaud Capuçon, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- C'est lui qui vient! - Thomas Hampson, Stefano Palatchi, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Ah! je suis seule, seule enfin! - Renée Fleming, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Etranger, te voilà comme tu l'avais dit - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Considère, ô mon père - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Qui te fait si sévère - Renée Fleming, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Seigneur, ayez pitié de moi - Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Enkelejda Shkosa, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Eh bien, fais-moi connaître tou cet amour - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Mon fils, nous nous mêlons jamais - Stefano Palatchi, Thomas Hampson, Olivier Schock, Bernard Mansencal, Bruno Moga, Loïc Cassin, José Luis Victoria, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Le voici! Le voici! - Olivier Schock, Bernard Mansencal, Bruno Moga, Loïc Cassin, José Luis Victoria, Thomas Hampson, Stefano Palatchi, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Non! Non! je hais vos fausses ivresses - Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Ah! Ah! Ah!...Athanaël, c'est toi! - Marie Devellereau, Isabelle Cals, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Eh! C'est lui!...Athanaël - Giuseppe Sabbatini, Thomas Hampson, Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Voici le pain - Olivier Schock, Bernard Mansencal, Bruno Moga, Loïc Cassin, José Luis Victoria, Stefano Palatchi, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Qui te fait si sévère - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Que le ciel est pesant! - Stefano Palatchi, Thomas Hampson, Olivier Schock, Bernard Mansencal, Bruno Moga, Loïc Cassin, José Luis Victoria, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Nous nous mêlons jamais, mon fils - Stefano Palatchi, Thomas Hampson, Olivier Schock, Bernard Mansencal, Bruno Moga, Loïc Cassin, José Luis Victoria, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- C'est Thaïs, l'idole fragile - Renée Fleming, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Suivez-moi tous, amis! - Giuseppe Sabbatini, Marie Devellereau, Isabelle Cals, Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Hélas! enfant encore - Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Divertissement: 1. Allegro vivo - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Voilà donc la terrible cité - Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Père, Dieu m'a parlé par ta voix - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Dis-moi que je suis belle - Renée Fleming, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- L'ardent soleil m'écrase - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Voilà l'incomparable!...Divertissement: 6 La Charmeuse - Giuseppe Sabbatini, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Il dit vrai! - Renée Fleming, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Thomas Hampson, Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Va, mendiant chercher ailleirs ta vie! - David Grousset, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Ah! des gouttes de sang coulent de ses pieds - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Non loin d'ici, vers l'occident - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Divertissement: 7. Finale - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Quel est cet étranger - Renée Fleming, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Vision ...Honte! Horreur! - Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Je n'ai pas plus choisi mon sort que ma nature - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Baigne d'eau mes mains et mes lèvres - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Divertissement: 2. Mélopée orientale - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Garde-toi bien! Voici ta terrible ennemie! - Giuseppe Sabbatini, Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- C'est toi, mon père - Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Divertissement: 3. Allegro brillante - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- O messager de Dieu, si bon dans ta rudesse - Renée Fleming, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- Divertissement: 5. Mouvement de valse - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
- La paix du Seigneur soit avec toi - Thomas Hampson, Enkelejda Shkosa, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
Release date: 2000-09-11
Run time: 146 min.
Creator: Jules Massenet
RRP: £30.99
Price: £17.47
Review Massenet: Thaïs / Decca:There is much to recommend in this impressive recording of an unjustly neglected operatic gem. As the eponymous Alexandrian courtesan who converts to asceticism, Renée Fleming is gorgeous and produces a stream of rich, golden sounds that enchant and seduce. Thomas Hampson as the monk who converts her and-too late-realises that he loves her, is bold and authoritative. Yves Abel draws some supple and sinuous playing from his Bordeaux orchestra-the Prelude to Act 1 Scene 2, for example, which is a shimmering musical portrait of the port of Alexandria, is stunning. Unfortunately both Fleming and Hampson lack a certain vulnerability and sense of inner conflict, which makes their respective conversions a little hard to swallow and can sometimes make the recording feel a little unfocussed. But what the piece lacks in fin de siècle languor and anguish, it makes up for in a dramatically driven robustness in the big set pieces which is thrilling-and being able to hear the famous "Meditation" in context (with off-stage choral accompaniment) is a treat worth the price alone. -Warwick Thompson.
![Review Varese Sarabande / Vertigo: Original Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31NJGN5A4GL._SL160_.jpg)
Tracks Vertigo: Original Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]
- Beach
- Letter
- Goodnight And The Park
- Necklace The Return And Finale
- Farewell And The Tower
- Streets
- Carlotta's Portrait
- Nightmare And Dawn
- By The Fireside
- Scene D'amour
- Scotty Tails Madeleine
- Dream
- Prelude And Rooftop
- Bay
- Past And The Girl
- Forest
Release date: 1997-02-17
Creator: Original Soundtrack
RRP: £13.99
Price: £5.95
Review Vertigo: Original Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] / Varese Sarabande:Vertigo represents the summit of the seven-picture, nine-year association between Alfred Hitchcock and legendary composer Bernard Herrmann. Using instrumental and harmonic colour as the main paints in his repertoire, Herrmann deploys brief melodic cells and minimalist techniques to explore the obsessed world of Scotty Ferguson (James Stewart), a retired detective who has fallen in love with a woman from the past. In doing so, Herrmann broke from the post-romantic aesthetic personified by Golden Age masters such as Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Alfred Newman. Highlights include the hypnotic, dream-like "Prelude", the churning allegro con brio of "Rooftop", the haunting love music in "Madeleine's First Appearance", a memorable habanera ("Carlotta's Portrait"), and the cathartic "Scene d'Amour", which has been compared with Wagner's "Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde. Page Cook, long-time critic for Films In Review, once wrote that Muir Mathieson's performance "remains one of the greatest pieces of film music conducting ever recorded. every tempo, every rhythmic nuance, every dynamic inhabits the film. " In other words, this is a classic film/music amalgamation that should be in every cinema lover's collection. -Kevin Mulhall.
Tracks Schumann - Cello Concerto; Piano Concerto
- Vc Con in a, Op.129: II. Langsam - Etwas Lebhafter - Schneller - Jacqueline Du Pre
- Vc Con in a, Op.129: I. Nicht Zu Schnell - - Jacqueline Du Pre
- Pn Con in a, Op.54: III. Allegro Vivace - Daniel Barenboim
- Intro & Allegro Appassionato, Op.92 - Daniel Barenboim
- Pn Con in a, Op.54: I. Allegro Affetuoso - Daniel Barenboim
- Vc Con in a, Op.129: III. Sehr Lebhaft - Jacqueline Du Pre
- Pn Con in a, Op.54: II. Intermezzo (Andantino Grazioso) - Daniel Barenboim
Release date: 2001-08-06
Run time: 74 min.
Creator: New Philharmonia Orchestra
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.73
Review Schumann - Cello Concerto; Piano Concerto / London Philharmonic Orchestra:
Tracks Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Opp.46 & 72
- No.4 in F (Tempo di minuetto)
- No.2 in E minor (Allegretto grazioso)
- No.7 in C (Allegro vivace)
- No.6 in D (Allegretto scherzando)
- No.1 in C (Presto)
- No.5 in B flat minor (Poco adagio)
- No.2 in E minor (Allegretto scherzando)
- No.6 in B flat (Moderato, quasi minuetto)
- No.3 in F (Allegro)
- No.8 in G minor (Presto)
- No.1 in B (Molto vivace)
- No.5 in A (Allegro vivace)
- No.8 in A flat (Lento grazioso, ma non troppo, quasi tempo di valse)
- No.4 in D flat (Allegretto grazioso)
- No.3 in A flat (Poco allegro)
- No.7 in C minor (Allegro assai)
Release date: 1998-03-16
Run time: 69 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.52
Review Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Opp.46 & 72 / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Rafael Kubelik:
Tracks Beethoven - Piano Sonatas, Vol 3
- Allegro
- Allegro
- Rondo. Allegretto
- Andante
- Scherzo. Allegro Assai
- Tempo Di Menuetto
- Rondo. Allegro Comodo
- Rondo. Allegro
- Allegretto
- Andante
- Adagio Con Molta Espressione
- Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
- Minuetto
- Allegro Con Brio
Release date: 2006-10-30
Run time: 74 min.
Creator: Andras Schiff
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.06
Review Beethoven - Piano Sonatas, Vol 3 / Ludwig van Beethoven:
Tracks Mass Effect: Original Video Game Soundtrack
- Thorian
- Mass Effect Theme
- Protecting the Colony
- Eden Prime
- Noveria
- Feros
- Liara's World
- Virmire Ride
- Uplink
- Saren
- Normandy
- Sovereign's Theme
- Love Theme
- Criminal Elements
- Alien Queen
- Uncharted Words
- In Pursuit of Saren
- Battle at Eden Prime
- Wards
- Exit
- Presidium
- Victory
- Vigil
- Spectre Induction
- Secret Labs
- Breeding Ground
- Final Assault
- From the Wreckage
- Infusion
- Saren's Base
- Fatal Confrontation
- Ilos
- End
- Battling Saren
- Very Dangerous Place
- Citadel
- M4 Part II (Faunts)
Release date: 2008-12-01
Run time: 76 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £8.22
Review Mass Effect: Original Video Game Soundtrack / Various Artists:
Publisher: Lso Live
Release date: 2002-08-05
Creator: Mstislav Rostropovich
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.88
Review Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 / Lso Live:The 13th recording on the excellent budget-price label LSO Live features as grim a work as the 20th century produced. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 was inspired by what history books call the Revolution of 1905, a tumultuous time in Russian history sparked by the shooting of hundreds of demonstrators by the Tsar's troops on January 9 of that year (the original Bloody Sunday). The massacre was followed by strikes, insurrections and mutinies including that on the Battleship Potemkin. Poignant folksongs that arose during the period appear in the symphony and would have meant much in 1957 to the first Russian audiences among which was young Mstislav Rostropovich, now conducting for the first time on this label. He fashions fragile suspense in the bleak first movement Palace Square, the bare fifths yawning like deserted alleys, the bugle calls pre-echoing Britten, the flutes idly whistling a revolutionary tune. The second, Ninth of January, follows like a whirlwind, delivering another folk melody, which is firstly a threatening whisper, latterly a baying horde. The third movement, In Memoriam, features the LSO's beautiful grey violas over a padding bass in a flowing mournful song about the fallen. The fourth, Alarm, is alert and poundingly rhythmic, beginning with a bracing staccato call to arms, then banging out the symphony's collected themes with the sort of incessant bombardment that makes war insufferable, and ending with an exciting tutti onslaught pierced by military side-drumming and an unstopped bell mixing major and minor overtones in final, ringing, tumultuous discords. One senses the conductor's enormous vitality on the podium-the orchestra was keen to capture Rostropovich live. [+]Two performances in March 2002 contribute on the grounds that the likelihood of a cougher coughing twice in the same place is a million to one. Keen ears may detect the splicing. A thumpingly magnificent reminder of a calamitous year in history. -Rick Jones.
Tracks Puccini - Madam Butterfly
- We Are Your Friends - Simian (1)
- We Are Your Friends - Simian (1)
- We Are Your Friends - Simian (1)
- We Are Your Friends - Justice & Simian
- We Are Your Friends - Justice & Simian
Release date: 2006-07-03
Run time: 142 min.
Creator: Rome Opera Chorus
RRP: £8.99
Price: £6.18
Review Puccini - Madam Butterfly / Cfp:
Tracks Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro
- Susanna, Or Via Sortite
- Quanto Duolmi, Susanna
- Venite, Inginocchiatevi
- Che Novita!
- Crudel! perche Finora Farmi Languir Cosi?
- Overture
- Va La, Vecchia Pedante
- Se A Caso Madama
- Cinque... Dieci... Venti
- Sull'aria... Che Soave Zeffiretto
- Tutto E Come Il Lasciai
- Cosa Mi Narri?
- Dunque Voi Non Aprite?
- Questa Commedia... Giovani Liete
- Giunse Alfin Il Moment... Deh Vieni, Non Tardar
- Eccovi, O Caro Amico
- Ah! Signor, Signor!
- Tutto Ancor Non Ho Perso
- Aprite, Presto, Aprite
- E Perche Fosti Meco
- Queste Sono, Madama, Le Ragazze
- Pace, Pace, Mio Dolce Tesoro
- Giovani Liete, Fiori Spargete
- Signori, Di Fuori
- Cosa Sento!
- Conoscete, Signor Figaro
- Pian, Pianin, Le Andro Piu Presso
- Basillo, In Traccia Tosto Di Figaro Volate
- Or Bene, AScolta E Taci
- Che Imbarazzo E Mai Questo!
- Porgi, Amor
- Amanti Costanti
- Non Piu Andrai
- Vieni, Cara Susanna
- Esci Ormai, Garzon Malnate
- Tutto E Tranquillo E Placido
- Signore! Cos'e Quel Stupore?
- E Susanna Non Vien!... Sove Sono
- Voi, Che Sapete
- Quante Buffonerie!
- Via, Resti Servita
- Perfida! E In Quella Forma meco Mentia?
- Hai Gia Vinta la Causa!... Vedro, Mentr'io Sospiro
- Voi Signor, Che Giusto Siete
- La Vendetta, Oh, La Vendetta
- Signore, Ella Mi Disse
- Bravo, Signor Padrone... Se Vuol Ballare
- Non So Piu Cosa Son, Cosa Faccio
- Bravo! Che Bella Voce!
- Gente, Gente, All'armi, All'armi!
- E Decisa La Lite
- Ed Aspettarte Il Giorno
- Tutto E Disposto... Aprite Un Po' Quegli Occhi
- Evviva! Evviva!
- Riconosci In Quest'amplesso Una Madre
- Cosa Stai Misurando
- Taci, Vien Gente
- Recevete, O Padroncina
- L'ho Perduta, me Meschina!
Release date: 2006-07-03
Run time: 157 min.
Creator: Hugues Cuénod
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.69
Review Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro / Glyndebourne Festival Chorus:
Tracks Brahms: The Complete Quintets
- 2. Grave ed appassionato - Allegretto vivace - Tempo I - Presto - Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Alfred Malecek, Ferdinand Mezger, Kunio Tsuchiya, Dietrich Gerhardt, Peter Steiner
- 4. Finale (Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo) - Werner Haas, Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Alfred Malecek, Rudolf A Hartmann, Kunio Tsuchiya, Peter Steiner
- 3. Un poco allegretto - Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Alfred Malecek, Ferdinand Mezger, Kunio Tsuchiya, Dietrich Gerhardt, Peter Steiner
- 4. Vivace ma non troppo presto - Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Alfred Malecek, Ferdinand Mezger, Kunio Tsuchiya, Dietrich Gerhardt, Peter Steiner
- 3. Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento - Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Herbert Stahr, Alfred Malecek, Ferdinand Mezger, Kunio Tsuchiya, Peter Steiner
- 1. Allegro non troppo - Werner Haas, Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Alfred Malecek, Rudolf A Hartmann, Kunio Tsuchiya, Peter Steiner
- 2. Adagio - Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Herbert Stahr, Alfred Malecek, Ferdinand Mezger, Kunio Tsuchiya, Peter Steiner
- 2. Adagio - Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Alfred Malecek, Ferdinand Mezger, Kunio Tsuchiya, Dietrich Gerhardt, Peter Steiner
- 3. Allegro energico - Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Alfred Malecek, Ferdinand Mezger, Kunio Tsuchiya, Dietrich Gerhardt, Peter Steiner
- 2. Andante, un poco adagio - Werner Haas, Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Alfred Malecek, Rudolf A Hartmann, Kunio Tsuchiya, Peter Steiner
- 3. Scherzo (Allegro) - Werner Haas, Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Alfred Malecek, Rudolf A Hartmann, Kunio Tsuchiya, Peter Steiner
- 1. Allegro - Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Herbert Stahr, Alfred Malecek, Ferdinand Mezger, Kunio Tsuchiya, Peter Steiner
- 1. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio - Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Alfred Malecek, Ferdinand Mezger, Kunio Tsuchiya, Dietrich Gerhardt, Peter Steiner
- 4. Con moto - Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Herbert Stahr, Alfred Malecek, Ferdinand Mezger, Kunio Tsuchiya, Peter Steiner
- 1. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio - Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Alfred Malecek, Ferdinand Mezger, Kunio Tsuchiya, Dietrich Gerhardt, Peter Steiner
Release date: 1995-05-05
Run time: 131 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.73
Review Brahms: The Complete Quintets / Berlin Philharmonic Octet Werner Haas Rudolf A Hartmann Alfred Malecek Kunio Tsuchiya Peter Steiner Ferdinand Mezger Dietrich Gerhardt Herbert Stahr:
Tracks Verdi: Rigoletto
- Scena e Duetto. "Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi" (Gilda, Giovanna, Duca) - Ileana Cotrubas, Hanna Schwarz, Plácido Domingo, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- "Figlia!" / "Mio padre!" (Rigoletto, Gilda) - Piero Cappuccilli, Ileana Cotrubas, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Possente amor mi chiama (Duca, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Coro) - Plácido Domingo, Walter Gullino, Luigi De Corato, Dirk Sagemüller, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Roberto Benaglio
- È amabile invero cotal giovinotto (Maddalena, Sparafucile, Gilda) - Elena Obraztsova, Ileana Cotrubas, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- "Questa o quella...Partite? Crudele!" - Plácido Domingo, Olive Fredericks, Piero Cappuccilli, Walter Gullino, Luigi De Corato, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Roberto Benaglio
- "Duca, Duca! L'amante fu rapita a Rigoletto" / "Ebben?" (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Duca, Coro) - Walter Gullino, Luigi De Corato, Dirk Sagemüller, Plácido Domingo, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Roberto Benaglio
- "La donna è mobile" - Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Scena e Coro - Finale I. "Riedo!... perché?" / "Silencio...all'opra" (Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo) - Piero Cappuccilli, Walter Gullino, Dirk Sagemüller, Luigi De Corato, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Della vendetta alfin giunge l'istante (Rigoletto, Sparafucile, Duca) - Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Plácido Domingo, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Preludio - Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- "E il sol dell'anima" - Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Tutte le feste al tempio (Gilda, Rigoletto) - Ileana Cotrubas, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Zitti, zitti, muoviamo a vendetta (Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Gilda, Rigoletto, Coro) - Walter Gullino, Luigi De Corato, Dirk Sagemüller, Ileana Cotrubas, Piero Cappuccilli, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Roberto Benaglio
- "M'odi, ritorna a casa" - Piero Cappuccilli, Ileana Cotrubas, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Ch'io gli parli (Monterone, Duca, Borsa, Rigoletto, Marullo, Ceprano, Coro) - Kurt Moll, Plácido Domingo, Walter Gullino, Piero Cappuccilli, Luigi De Corato, Dirk Sagemüller, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Roberto Benaglio
- "E l'ami?" / "Sempre" (Rigoletto, Gilda, Duca, Sparafucile) - Piero Cappuccilli, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Bella figlia dell'amore (Duca, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto) - Plácido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova, Ileana Cotrubas, Piero Cappuccilli, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- "Maddalena?" / "Aspettate" (Duca, Maddalena, Sparafucile) - Plácido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- "Che m'ami, deh! ripetimi" - "Addio... speranza ed anima" (Duca, Gilda, Ceprano, Borsa, Giovanna) - Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Dirk Sagemüller, Walter Gullino, Hanna Schwarz, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Già da tre lune son qui venuta - Ileana Cotrubas, Piero Cappuccilli, Hanna Schwarz, Plácido Domingo, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- "V'ho ingannato" - Ileana Cotrubas, Piero Cappuccilli, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Scena ed Coro: "Povero Rigoletto!" (Marullo, Rigoletto, Borsa, Ceprano, Paggio, Coro) - Luigi De Corato, Piero Cappuccilli, Walter Gullino, Dirk Sagemüller, Audrey Michael, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Roberto Benaglio
- Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto) - Piero Cappuccilli, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Ah! Solo per me l'infamia (Rigoletto, Gilda) - Piero Cappuccilli, Ileana Cotrubas, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Anton Scharinger
- Chi è mai, chi è qui in sua vece? (Rigoletto, Gilda) - Piero Cappuccilli, Ileana Cotrubas, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Duetto. "Quel vecchio maledivami!" (Rigoletto, Sparafucile) - Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Poiché fosti invano da me maledetto - Kurt Moll, Piero Cappuccilli, Ileana Cotrubas, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Quartetto. "Un dì, se ben rammentomi" (Duca, Gilda, Maddalena, Rigoletto) - Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Elena Obraztsova, Piero Cappuccilli, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Parmi veder le lagrime (Duca) - Plácido Domingo, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Della mia bella incognita borghese (Duca, Borsa) - Plácido Domingo, Walter Gullino, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Recitativo e Duetto. "Pari siamo!... io la lingua"(Rigoletto) - Piero Cappuccilli, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
- Scena e Duetto: "Mio padre!" / "Dio! Mia Gilda!" (Gilda, Rigoletto, Borsa, Marullo, Ceprano, Coro) - Ileana Cotrubas, Piero Cappuccilli, Walter Gullino, Luigi De Corato, Dirk Sagemüller, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Roberto Benaglio
- Scena ed Aria. "Gualtier Maldè ... Caro nome..." - "+ là..." / "Miratela" (Gilda / Borsa, Ceprano, Coro, Marullo) - Ileana Cotrubas, Walter Gullino, Dirk Sagemüller, Luigi De Corato, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Roberto Benaglio
- Ella mi fu rapita! (Duca) - Plácido Domingo, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini
Release date: 1999-05-17
Run time: 120 min.
Creator: Giuseppe Verdi
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.99
Review Verdi: Rigoletto / Deutsche Grammophon:
Tracks Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5
- Allegro
- Allegro Moderato
- Rondo: Allegro
- Rondo: Allegro Molto
- Rondo: Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
- Andante Con Moto
- Allegro Con Brio
- Adagio
- Adagio Un Poco Moto
- Largo
- Largo
- Allegro Con Brio
- Allegro Con Brio
- Rondo: Vivace
- Rondo: Allegro
Release date: 2003-02-24
Run time: 183 min.
Creator: Pierre-Laurent Aimard
RRP: £14.99
Price: £18.50
Review Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5 / Teldec:Aimard is best-known as an exponent of contemporary music, Harnoncourt as a founding father of the period instrument movement. To the provocative Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5 both bring elements of their contrasting backgrounds-Aimard in the lucidity and transparency of his playing, Harnoncourt by rooting Beethoven within earlier traditions. But such templates don't always apply here, since they also utilise such ultra-Romantic gestures as wide tempo fluctuations (often from one measure to the next), elongated pauses and unexpected accents. Such a diversity of interpretive stances takes getting used to, but the effort's worthwhile as these discs make something fresh and new out of familiar repertory pieces. The first two concertos fare best and the "Emperor" is also striking with its blend of clear textures and heroic gestures that likely surprised the composer's contemporaries with their boldness. In No. 3, lyricism sometimes shades into lingering and the famous dialogue between growling orchestra and poetic piano in No. 4 is tame alongside most versions. The pair generally favour spacious tempos-the opening allegro con brios of the first three concertos don't have much brio and slow movements are slower than the norm, although those fluctuating internal speeds keep total timings within the "normal" range. But then, the goal of these artists is to restore a spirit of adventure and spontaneity to Beethoven and they've certainly succeeded. [+]-Dan Davis, Amazon. com.
Publisher: Harmonia Mundi
Release date: 2008-11-24
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Edvard Grieg
RRP: £15.99
Price: £11.77
Review Grieg: Cello Sonata Op. 36 / Lyric Pieces (Emmanuelle Bertrand / Pascal Amoyel) / Harmonia Mundi:
Tracks Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, Op.49; Capriccio Italien / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory
- Commentary to the "1812 Overture"/Sound effects/Bells - Deems Taylor
- 2. Symphony of Triumph - London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
- Capriccio italien, Op.45 - Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
- Commentary to "Wellington's Victory"/Sound effects - Deems Taylor
- Ouverture solennelle "1812," Op.49 - Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, University Of Minnesota Brass Band, Antal Doráti
- 1. Battle - London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Release date: 1995-11-13
Run time: 66 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.20
Review Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, Op.49; Capriccio Italien / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory / University Of Minnesota Brass Band Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Antal Doráti:This disc caused quite a stir when first issued in the early 1960s. With a panoply of infantry in the Beethoven, and bells and cannon in the Tchaikovsky, Dorati goes for maximum impact: just what both pieces need when heard outside the concert hall or arena. Wellington's Victory has often been labelled Beethoven's worst major work-pointlessly if you consider it was written as a quick commission for a new line of mechanical instrument! Take it with a fair pinch of salt and enjoy. 1812 is a better work than many people, including Tchaikovsky, would give it credit for. Again, it's not profound, nor was it meant to be. It sounds fabulous in this latest transfer-40 years just melt away as you listen. The Minneapolis SO is not in the "super league" of US orchestras, but they rise to the occasion as Dorati encourages them to do. You also get a hard and fast Capriccio Italen, and two discussions on how the sessions for the main works were set up. As the results amply demonstrate, it's a slice of recording history to treasure. -Richard Whitehouse.
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Tracks Prokofiev - Cinderella [2007]
- Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
- Sergey Prokofiev
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
Release date: 2008-05-12
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £14.99
Review Prokofiev - Cinderella [2007] / Universal Classics & Jazz:
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 2001-02-05
Creator: Christa Ludwig
RRP: £23.99
Price: £13.85
Review Bach - St Matthew Passion / Johann Sebastian Bach:
Tracks Lusty Songs & Country Dances of 17th Century England
- Lumps of Pudding
- Diddle Diddle or the Kind Country Lovers
- Farmer's Cursed Wife (Tune: Lillibulero)
- Chirping of the Lark/Parsons Farewell
- Merry, Merry Milkmaids
- Blue Cap
- We Be Soldiers Three (Dueteromelia 1609)
- Newcastle
- Three Ravens (Melismata 1611)
- Jovial Broom Man
- Bobbing Jo
- Jockey's Lamentation (Wit and Mirth or Pills to Purge Melancholy)
- My Dog and I
- Nine Pins/Jenny Pluck Pears/Half Hanekin
- Northern Lasses Lamentation (Possibly Martin Parker)
- You Lasses and Lads (Wit and Mirth or Pills to Purge Melancholy)
- Tobacco Is an Indian Weed
- Crossed Couple
- Broom of the Cowdenowes
- Paul's Wharf
- Brooms for Old Shoes (Melismata 1611)
- Baffled Knight (Deuteromelia 1609)
- Branles
- Traders Medley (Wit and Mirth or Pills to Purge Melancholy)
- Tomorrow the Fox Will Come to Town (Deutermelia 1609)
Release date: 2007-04-02
Run time: 71 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.98
Review Lusty Songs & Country Dances of 17th Century England / City Waites:
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