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Review Sky / Sky
Tracks Sky
  • La Danza
  • Where Opposites Meet
  • Cannonball
  • Westway
  • Carrillon
  • Gymnopedie No 1
Publisher: Sanctuary
Release date: 2008-02-26
Run time: 37 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.56

Review Sky / Sky:


Review Veritas x 2 / Handel: Carmelite Vespers
Tracks Handel: Carmelite Vespers
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Gloria Patri
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Sicut sagittae in manu potentis
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Te decus virgineum
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Chapter: Ego quasi vitis
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Suscitans a terra inopem
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Deus in adjutorium meum intende
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Dominus vobiscum
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Responsory: Christi Virgo dilectissima
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Gloria Patri
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: O clemens
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon IV: Benedicta filia tua Domino
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Tecum principium
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon I: Pulchra es et decora - Psalm I: Dixit Dominus
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Magnificat: Magnificat anima mea Dominum
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: A solis ortu
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Tu es sacerdos
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Hymn: Ave maris stella
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Saeviat tellus inter rigores
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Dominus a dextris tuis
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Ora pro nobis
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Ora pro nobis
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Laudate, pueri, Dominum
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Carmelitarum ut confirmet ordinem
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Beatus vir
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon IV: Benedicta filia tua Domino - Psalm IV: Nisi Dominus
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon III: In odorem
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon II: Sicut myrrha electa
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Alleluia
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: De torrente
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Psalm V: Lauda Jerusalem Dominum - subst. - Haec est Regina Virginum
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Sit nomen Domini benedictum
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Eia ergo, Advocata nostra
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Stellae fidae
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Sub tantae Virginis tutela
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Psalm III: Laetatus sum
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Dixit Dominus Domino meo
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Haec est Regina Virginum
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon II: Sicut myrrha electa - Psalm II: Laudate pueri
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Gloria Patri
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Ad te clamamus
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Virgam virtutis tuae
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Benedicamus Domino - Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin: Salve Regina
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon I: Pulchra es et decora
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Juravit Dominus
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: O nox dulcis
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Magnificat Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater
  • Carmelite Vespers - Second Vespers Of The Feast Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel: Antiphon V: Speciosa facta es
Publisher: Veritas x 2
Release date: 1999-06-07
Run time: 120 min.
Creator: Joseph Cornwell
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.54

Review Handel: Carmelite Vespers / Veritas x 2:


Review Original Cast Recording / Wicked: 5th Anniversary Special Edition
Tracks Wicked: 5th Anniversary Special Edition
  • Wicked/As Long as You're Mine
  • Wicked/What Is This Feeling?
  • Wicked/The Wizard and I
  • Wicked/Wonderful
  • Wicked/I'm Not That Girl
  • Wicked/I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)
  • Wicked/Making Good
  • Wicked/No Good Deed
  • Wicked/One Short Day
  • Wicked/No One Mourns the Wicked
  • Wicked/A Sentimental Man
  • Uikeddo (Wicked) /Popyuraa (Popular) [Japanese Cast Recording]
  • Wicked/March of the Witch Hunters
  • Wicked/Dancing Through Life
  • Die Hexen von Oz (Wicked) /Solang Ich Dich Hab ( [German Cast Recording
  • Wicked/I'm Not That Girl
  • Wicked/Something Bad
  • Wicked/Thank Goodness
  • Uikeddo (Wicked) /Jinnsei Wo Odori-Akase (Danc [Japanese Cast Recording
  • Wicked/For Good
  • Wicked/For Good
  • Wicked/Defying Gravity
  • Die Hexen von Oz (Wicked) /Gutes Tun (No Good De [German Cast Recording
  • Wicked/Defying Gravity (Dance Mix/Tracy Young Flying Monkey Radio Mix)
  • Wicked/Dear Old Shiz
  • Wicked/Finale
  • Wicked/Popular
Publisher: Decca
Release date: 2008-10-28
Run time: 106 min.
RRP: £23.99
Price: £12.79

Review Wicked: 5th Anniversary Special Edition / Original Cast Recording:


Review Universal Classics & Jazz / Tristan Und Isolde - Wagner/Daniel Barenboim [1983]
Tracks Tristan Und Isolde - Wagner/Daniel Barenboim [1983]
  • Hanna Schwarz
  • René Kollo
  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
  • Rene Kollo
  • Hermann Becht
Publisher: Universal Classics & Jazz
Release date: 2007-07-16
Run time: 245 min.
Creator: Daniel Barenboim
RRP: £24.99
Price: £14.48

Review Tristan Und Isolde - Wagner/Daniel Barenboim [1983] / Universal Classics & Jazz:


Review Dyad / Handel: Messiah
Tracks Handel: Messiah
  • Messiah: Chorus - Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
  • Messiah: Chorus - And He Shall Purify
  • Messiah: Bass Recitative - For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth
  • Messiah: Chorus - Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
  • Messiah: Pifa (Pasoral Symphony)
  • Messiah: Symphony
  • Messiah: Chorus - Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
  • Messiah: Soprano aria - I know Tt My redeemer Liveth
  • Messiah: Soprano Recitative - And lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them.
  • Messiah: Chorus - Behold The Lamb Of God
  • Messiah: Chorus - His Yoke Is Easy And His Burden Is Light
  • Messiah: Chorus - Glory To God In The Highest
  • Messiah: Soprano Aria - Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion
  • Messiah: Chorus - Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him
  • Messiah: Chorus - Since by Man Came Death
  • Messiah: Chorus - He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him
  • Messiah: Chorus - For Unto Us A Child Is Born
  • Messiah: Tenor aria - Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
  • Messiah: Tenor Recitative - He That dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn
  • Messiah: Tenor Recitative - Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time?
  • Messiah: Chorus - All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
  • Messiah: Contralto Aria And Chorus - O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion
  • Messiah: Soprano Recitative - And The angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not
  • Messiah: Chorus - Amen
  • Messiah: Tenor Aria - But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell
  • Messiah: Soprano aria - If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?
  • Messiah: Soprano Recitative - There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field
  • Messiah: Tenor Recititive - Comfort ye My People
  • Messiah: Bass recitative - Behold, I Tell You A Mystery
  • Messiah: Soprano Recitative - And Suddenly There Was With The Angel A Multitude
  • Messiah: Bass Recitative - Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts
  • Messiah: Tenor Recitative - All They That See Him Laugh To Scorn
  • Messiah: Tenor aria - Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron
  • Messiah: Chorus - Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain
  • Messiah: Countertenor Aria - But Who May abide The Day Of His coming?
  • Messiah: Bass Aria - Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together
  • Messiah: Bass aria - The Trumpet Shall Sound
  • Messiah: Counter tenor - Tenor aria - O Death, Where Is Thy Sting
  • Messiah: Chorus - Their sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands
  • Messiah: Bass Aria - The People That Walked In Darkness Have Seen A Great Light
  • Messiah: Tenor Recitative - He Was Cut Out Of The Land Of The Living
  • Messiah: Chorus - But Thanks Be To God Who Giveth Us The Victory
  • Messiah: Soprano Aria - How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them That Preach
  • Messiah: Chorus - Hallelujah: For The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth
  • Messiah: Contralto - soprano aria - He shall feed His flock like a shepherd
  • Messiah: Counter tenor recitative - Then Shall Be Brought To Pass
  • Messiah: Counter Tenor Aria - Thou Art Gone Up On High
  • Messiah: Contralto recitative - Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened
  • Messiah: Contralto Aria - He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men
  • Messiah: Contralto Recitative - Behold A Virgin Shall conceive, And Bear A Son
  • Messiah: Tenor Aria - Behold And See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto His Sorrow
  • Messiah: Chorus - And With His Stripes We Are Healed
  • Messiah: Tenor Recitative - Thy Rebuke Has Broken His Heart
  • Messiah: Chorus - And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed
  • Messiah: Chorus - The Lord Gave The Word
Publisher: Dyad
Release date: 1997-08-29
Run time: 141 min.
Creator: Maldwyn Davies
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.19

Review Handel: Messiah / Dyad:


Review Various Artists / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 50th Anniversary Box
Publisher: Dhm
Release date: 2008-06-23
Run time: 170 min.
RRP: £59.99
Price: £40.68

Review Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 50th Anniversary Box / Various Artists:


Review Classical / Piazzolla: Soul of the Tango
Tracks Piazzolla: Soul of the Tango
  • Tango Remembrances - Yo-Yo Ma, Yo-Yo Ma, Astor Piazzolla
  • Libertango - Yo-Yo Ma, Yo-Yo Ma
  • Grand Tanho - Yo-Yo Ma, Yo-Yo Ma
  • Mumuki - Yo-Yo Ma, Yo-Yo Ma
  • Milonga del Ángel - Yo-Yo Ma
  • Tango Suite: Andante - Yo-Yo Ma
  • [CD-ROM Track] - Yo-Yo Ma
  • Tango Suite: Allegro - Yo-Yo Ma
  • Sur: Regreso al Amor - Yo-Yo Ma, Yo-Yo Ma
  • Café 1930 - Yo-Yo Ma, Yo-Yo Ma
  • Fugata - Yo-Yo Ma, Yo-Yo Ma
  • Tres Minutos con la Realidad - Yo-Yo Ma, Yo-Yo Ma
Publisher: Classical
Release date: 1997-11-03
Creator: Horacio Malvicino
RRP: £16.99
Price: £7.42

Review Piazzolla: Soul of the Tango / Classical:

Yo-Yo Ma might seem like an unlikely protagonist for the tango, but this intrepid musical explorer has taken his task seriously, collaborating with experienced tango musicians. Ma even participates in a posthumous collaboration with one 1987 Piazzolla recording. Furthermore, while he's obviously the headliner here, he doesn't dominate the arrangements nearly as much as he does the billing and photography of the disc. While the result isn't your essential Piazzolla album (that would have to include more of the composer's own playing), it's an atmospheric and convincing collection, perhaps a good introduction for those who don't know the music. -Leslie Gerber Yo-Yo Ma might seem like an unlikely protagonist for the tango, but this intrepid musical explorer has taken his task seriously, collaborating with experienced tango musicians. Ma even participates in a posthumous collaboration with one 1987 Piazzolla recording. Furthermore, while he's obviously the headliner here, he doesn't dominate the arrangements nearly as much as he does the billing and photography of the disc. While the result isn't your essential Piazzolla album (that would have to include more of the composer's own playing), it's an atmospheric and convincing collection, perhaps a good introduction for those who don't know the music. -Leslie Gerber.

Review Archiv Produktion / Bach : St Matthew Passion
Tracks Bach : St Matthew Passion
  • No.20 Aria (Tenor, Chorus II): "Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen" - Howard Crook, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.10 Choral: "Ich bin's, ich sollte büssen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.66 Evangelist, Chorus I/II, Pilatus: "Und Joseph nahm den Leib" - "Herr, wir haben gedacht" - "Pilatus sprach zu ihnen" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.27 Aria (Soprano, Alto, Chorus II): "So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen" - Chorus I/II: "Sind Blitze, sind Donner" - Barbara Bonney, Michael Chance, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.58 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: "Und da sie an die Stätte kamen" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.42 Aria (Bass): "Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder" - Cornelius Hauptmann, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.34 Recitative (Tenor): "Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stille" - Howard Crook, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.25 Choral: "Was mein Gott will, da g'scheh allzeit" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.13 Aria (Soprano): "Ich will dir mein Herz schenken" - Barbara Bonney, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.1 Chorus I/II: "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.35 Aria (Tenor): "Geduld" - Howard Crook, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.5 Recitative (Alto): "Du lieber Heiland du" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.31 Evangelist: "Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.36 Evangelist, Pontifex, Jesus, Chorus I/II: "Und der Hohepriester antwortete" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Cornelius Hauptmann, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.46 Choral: "Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.33 Evangelist, Pontifex, Testis I/II: "Und wiewohl viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, Cornelius Hauptmann, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.6 Aria (Alto): "Buss und Reu" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.37 Choral: "Wer hat dich so geschlagen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.19 Recitative (Tenor, Chorus II): "O Schmerz! hier zittert das gequälte Herz" - Howard Crook, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.45 Evangelist, Pilatus, Uxor Pilati, Chorus I/II: "Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger Gewohnheit" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Olaf Bär, Barbara Bonney, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.52 Aria (Alto): "Können Tränen meiner Wangen" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.63 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: "Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriss" - "Wahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn" - "Und es waren viel Weiber da" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.4 Evangelist, Chorus I/II, Jesus: "Da versammelten sich die Hohenpriester" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.44 Choral: "Befiehl du deine Wege" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.24 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und er kam zu seinen Jüngern" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.67 Recitative (Soprano,Alto,Tenor,Bass,Chorus II): "Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht" - "Mein Jesu, gute Nacht" - Olaf Bär, Howard Crook, Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.60 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): "Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand" - "Wohin?" - Michael Chance, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.3 Choral: "Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
  • No.41 Evangelist, Judas, Chorus I/II, Pontifex I/II: "Des Morgens aber hielten alle Hohepriester" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Cornelius Hauptmann, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.8 Aria (Soprano): "Blute nur, du liebes Herz" - Ann Monoyios, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.29 Choral: "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.57 Aria (Bass): "Komm, süsses Kreuz" - Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.61 Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus I/II: "Und von der sechsten Stunde an" - "Der rufet dem Elias" - "Und bald lief" - "Halt!" - "Aber Jesus schriee abermal" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.54 Choral: "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.53 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: "Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.65 Aria (Bass): "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein" - Cornelius Hauptmann, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.49 Aria (Soprano): "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben" - Ann Monoyios, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.40 Choral: "Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.12 Recitative (Soprano): "Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt" - Barbara Bonney, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.50 Evangelist, Chorus I/II, Pilatus: "Sie schrieen aber noch mehr" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.51 Recitative (Alto): "Erbarm es Gott" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.47 Evangelist, Pilatus: "Der Landpfleger sagte" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.11 Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: "Er antwortete und sprach" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, Cornelius Hauptmann, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.17 Choral: "Ich will hier bei dir stehen" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.43 Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus: "Sie hielten aber einen Rat" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Olaf Bär, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.16 Evangelist, Jesus, Petrus: "Petrus aber antwortete" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Olaf Bär, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.59 Recitative (Alto): "Ach Golgatha" - Michael Chance, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.38 Evangelist, Ancilla I/II, Petrus, Chorus II: "Petrus aber sass draussen im Palast" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.62 Choral: "Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.15 Choral: "Erkenne mich, mein Hüter" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.21 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und ging hin ein wenig" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.32 Choral: "Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.39 Aria (Alto): "Erbarme dich" - Michael Chance, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.18 Evangelist, Jesus: "Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.23 Aria (Bass): "Gerne will ich mich bequemen" - Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.48 Recitative (Soprano): "Er hat uns allen wohl getan" - Ann Monoyios, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.7 Evangelist, Judas: "Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Cornelius Hauptmann, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.2 Evangelist, Jesus: "Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.9 Evangelist, Chorus I, Jesus: "Aber am ersten Tage der süssen Brot" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir
  • No.30 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): "Ach nun ist mein Jesu hin" - Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.28 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und siehe, einer aus denen" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.26 Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: "Und er kam und fand sie aber schlafend" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, Cornelius Hauptmann, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.56 Recitative (Bass): "Ja freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut" - Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.14 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.55 Evangelist: "Und da sie ihn verspotten hatten" - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.64 Recitative (Bass): "Am Abend, da es kühle war" - Cornelius Hauptmann, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • No.68 Chorus I/II: "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder" - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Patrick Russill
  • No.22 Recitative (Bass): "Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder" - Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Publisher: Archiv Produktion
Release date: 1989-10-12
Run time: 157 min.
Creator: Ann Monoyios
RRP: £30.99
Price: £25.28

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Review Ludwig Van Beethoven / Beethoven - Cello Sonatas Vol. 1
Publisher: Hyperion
Release date: 2008-10-27
Run time: 78 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.50

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Review Mediaeval Baebes / Salva Nos
Tracks Salva Nos
  • Binnorie O Binnorie
  • Foweles In The Frithe
  • Coventry Carol
  • Adam Lay Y Bounden
  • Ah Si Mon Moine
  • Salva Nos
  • Salve Virgo Virginum
  • Miri It Is
  • So Treiben Wir Den Winter Aus
  • Now Springes The Spray
  • Lo Here My Hert
  • Gaudete
  • Veni Veni
  • Adult Lullaby
  • Verbum Caro
  • This Ay Nicht
Publisher: Venture
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 43 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.98

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Review Deutsche Grammophon / Verdi - La Traviata (Netrebko, Villazon, Rizzi) [2006]
Tracks Verdi - La Traviata (Netrebko, Villazon, Rizzi) [2006]
  • Anna Netrebko
  • Helene Schneiderman
  • Diane Pilcher
  • Thomas Hampson
  • Rolando Villazon
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: 2007-06-07
Run time: 132 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £11.74

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Review Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Dvorák/Elgar - Cello Concertos
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 1995-10-02
Creator: John Barbirolli
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.25

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Review Dreamworks Records / Saving Private Ryan: Original Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]
Tracks Saving Private Ryan: Original Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]
  • Approaching The Enemy
  • Hymn To The Fallen
  • The Last Battle
  • Omaha Beach
  • High School Teacher
  • Defense Preparations
  • Hymn To The Fallen
  • Finding Private Ryan
  • Wade's Death
  • Revisiting Normandy
Publisher: Dreamworks Records
Release date: 2000-12-15
Run time: 64 min.
Creator: Tanglewood Festival Chorus
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.10

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Review London Symphony Orchestra / Puccini - Messa di Gloria
Tracks Puccini - Messa di Gloria
  • Gratias Agimus Tibi
  • Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
  • Et Exspecto Resurrectionem - Et Vitam Venturi Saeculi
  • Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Dominus Deus, Rex Coelestis
  • Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth
  • Credo In Unum Deum
  • Kyrie/Gloria
  • Benedictus Qui Venit In Nomine Domini
  • Cum Sancto Spiritu In Gloria Dei Patris - Gloria In Excelsis Deo CREDO
  • Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus
  • Et Incarnatus Est
  • Cruxifixus Etiam Pro Nobis
  • Et In Unam Sanctam Catholicam
  • Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Et In Terra Pax - Laudamus Te
  • Agnus Dei
  • Preludio Sinfonico
  • Crisantemi For String Orchestra
  • Et Resurrexit Tertia Die - Et In Spiritum Sanctum
Publisher: Great Artists of the Century
Release date: 2006-07-03
Creator: London Symphony Chorus
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.33

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Review Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Mozart for Baby
Tracks Mozart for Baby
  • I Allegro - English Chamber Orchestra
  • Il Andante - Jean-Bernard Pommier
  • Der Schlittenfahrt - Neville Marriner
  • Aria 'Voi Che Sapete' - English Chamber Orchestra
  • Clarinet Quintet - Michel Portal
  • Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena - Catherine Pierard
  • Lullaby - Dagmar Schellenberger
  • Duet: 'La Ci Darem La Mano' - Nancy Argenta
  • Andantino - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
  • Gavotte Joyeuse - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
  • Variations 'Ah Vous Dirais-Je, Maman' - Aldo Ciccolini
  • Pantomime - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
  • Alla Turca - Jean-Bernard Pommier
  • Romanze - Christopher Warren-Green
  • Das Butterbrot - Emile Naoumoff
  • Divertimento - Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Publisher: Virgin Classics
Release date: 2006-03-06
Run time: 67 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.69

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Review Great Recordings of the Century / Mozart: Horn Concertos
Publisher: Great Recordings of the Century
Release date: 1998-10-05
Creator: Stephen Waters
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.33

Review Mozart: Horn Concertos / Great Recordings of the Century:

It's tempting to say "this is a justly legendary disc, made when the gods seemed to be smiling upon all concerned. Go and buy it". However, that would be shirking the more analytical aspects of a reviewer's duties. So why should you buy it? Mozart's horn concertos are the first great essays in the medium, and even within the four you can trace a clear development in terms of sophistication and technical difficulty. And who better to present these works than one of the undisputed greats of the instrument, Dennis Brain, whose career was so tragically cut short in a car crash when he was just 36? The coupling is the fine Quintet for piano and wind with Dennis joined by his oboist-brother, Leonard. Although these recordings were made in 1954, they have been excellently cleaned up by EMI for this release which plays heavily on their nostalgia value, with a reproduction of the original LP sleeve and black disc on the cover of the CD. The concertos became a bestseller when they were first released and in the intervening years they've lost none of their lustre. -Harriet Smith.

Review The Choirboys / The Choirboys
Tracks The Choirboys
  • Corpus Christi Carol (from A Boy Was Born) - The Choir Boys, Benjamin Britten
  • O For The Wings of a Dove - David Adams, The Choir Boys, Fenella Barton, alison dodds, Joel Hunter, rose redgrave, alexandra mackenzie, graham mitchell, helen keen, Nancy Ruffer, Helen powell, John Whitfield, Wendy Phillips, Michael Thompson, Tony Catterick, julian gale, Dana Marsh, alastair brookshaw, Daniel Jordan, William Unwin, Oliver Hunt, harriet cawood, David Fuest, Miranda Playfair, John Morton, Felix Mendelssohn
  • He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother - fanella barton, The Choir Boys, John Morton, alison dodds, Louise Williams, Catherine Bradshaw, harriet cawood, alexandra mackenzie, graham mitchell, Thelma Owen, Helena Wood, Helen powell, Bob Russell
  • Let There Be Peace on Earth - The Choir Boys, Jill Jackson
  • The Lord Bless You and Keep You - David Adams, The Choir Boys, fanella barton, John Morton, Ian Tilley, Steve Abbott, Mike Ross Trevor, alison dodds, Helena Wood, Louise Williams, Catherine Bradshaw, harriet cawood, alexandra mackenzie, graham mitchell, Thelma Owen, John Rutter
  • Do You Hear What I Hear? - Ian Tilley, The Choir Boys, Hayley Westenra, Steve Abbott, Mike Ross Trevor, David Adams, fanella barton, John Morton, alison dodds, Joel Hunter, rose redgrave, Louise Williams, Catherine Bradshaw, harriet cawood, alexandra mackenzie, graham mitchell, Thelma Owen, Nicholas Bucknall, julian gale, Dana Marsh, alastair brookshaw, Daniel Jordan, William Unwin, Oliver Hunt, Noel Regney
  • In Paradisum - Ian Tilley, The Choir Boys, Steve Abbott, Mike Ross Trevor, David Adams, Fenella Barton, John Morton, Joel Hunter, rose redgrave, harriet cawood, alexandra mackenzie, graham mitchell, julian gale, Dana Marsh, alastair brookshaw, Daniel Jordan, William Unwin, Oliver Hunt, Gabriel Fauré
  • Walking in the Air (Theme from 'The Snowman') - Ian Tilley, The Choir Boys, Steve Abbott, Mike Ross Trevor, David Adams, fanella barton, John Morton, alison dodds, Joel Hunter, rose redgrave, harriet cawood, alexandra mackenzie, graham mitchell, Thelma Owen, helen keen, Nancy Ruffer, Helen powell, Nicholas Bucknall, David Fuest, John Whitfield, Wendy Phillips, Michael Thompson, Tony Catterick, Torbjorn Hultmark, Charles Fulbrook, Greg Knowles, Howard Blake
  • Tears in Heaven - Ian Tilley, The Choir Boys, Steve Abbott, Mike Ross Trevor, John Morton, alison dodds, suzanne stanzeleit, chereene price, suzie meszaros, julia knight, harriet cawood, Markus Van Horn, Helen powell, Will Jennings
  • Pie Jesu - Ian Tilley, The Choir Boys, Steve Abbott, Mike Ross Trevor, David Adams, Fenella Barton, alison dodds, Joel Hunter, rose redgrave, harriet cawood, alexandra mackenzie, graham mitchell, Thelma Owen, helen keen, Nancy Ruffer, Helen powell, Nicholas Bucknall, David Fuest, John Whitfield, Wendy Phillips, Michael Thompson, Tony Catterick, julian gale, Dana Marsh, alastair brookshaw, Daniel Jordan, William Unwin, Oliver Hunt, Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) - The Choir Boys, Martin Neary
  • Panis Angelicus - Ian Tilley, The Choir Boys, Steve Abbott, Mike Ross Trevor, suzie meszaros, julia knight, harriet cawood, Alice Neary, Markus Van Horn, César Franck
  • Ecce Homo (Theme from Mr Bean) - David Adams, The Choir Boys, fanella barton, John Morton, Joel Hunter, rose redgrave, harriet cawood, graham mitchell, julian gale, Dana Marsh, alastair brookshaw, Daniel Jordan, William Unwin, Oliver Hunt, Miranda Playfair, alexandra mackenzie, Howard Goodall
  • The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) - Theme from the Vicar of Dibley - suzanne stanzeleit, The Choir Boys, chereene price, suzie meszaros, julia knight, Markus Van Horn, julian gale, Dana Marsh, alastair brookshaw, Daniel Jordan, Oliver Hunt, Daniel Turner, Alexander Learmonth, Howard Goodall
  • Miserere - The Choir Boys, Gregorio Allegri
  • Danny Boy (Carrickfergus) - Ian Tilley, The Choir Boys, Steve Abbott, Mike Ross Trevor, John Morton, alison dodds, suzanne stanzeleit, chereene price, suzie meszaros, julia knight, harriet cawood, alexandra mackenzie, Markus Van Horn, Thelma Owen, Andy Findon
Publisher: UCJ
Release date: 2005-11-28
Run time: 59 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £3.10

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Review EMI Classics / Angela Gheorghiu - My Puccini
Tracks Angela Gheorghiu - My Puccini
  • Come è lunga l'attesa! Act 3 Tosca with Roberto Alagna (Cavaradossi), Gwynne Howell (Il carceriere), David Cangelosi (Spoletta), Sorin Coliban (Sciarrone) Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden - Terry Edwards, Chorus master / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden - Antonio Pappano, conductor
  • 3) Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro
  • 1) Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di, EMI promotional video
  • Chi il bel sogno di Doretta? (Magda) Act I La Rondine - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi - Anton Coppola, conductor
  • Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon) Act 4 Manon Lescaut Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi - Anton Coppola, conductor
  • Denaro! Nient'altro che denaro! (Magda) Act I La Rondine with Patrizia Biccire (Georgette), Patrizia Ciofi (Gabriella), Monica Bacelli (Lolette) / London Symphony Orchestra - Antonio Pappano, conductor
  • Figliuolo, tu mi dici
  • Senza mamma (Angelica) Suor Angelica Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi - Anton Coppola, conductor
  • Forse come la rondine (Magda) Act I La Rondine London Symphony Orchestra - Antonio Pappano, conductor
  • Vissi d'arte (Tosca) Act 2 Tosca Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden - Antonio Pappano, conductor
  • Mi chiamano Mimì (Mimì) Act I La Bohème - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi - Anton Coppola, conductor
  • 2) Turandot: Tu, che di gel sei cinta (Act 3)
  • O soave fanciulla (Mimì) Act 1 La Bohème - Roberto Alagna (Rudolfo) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden - Richard Armstrong, conductor
  • 4) Angela Gheorghiu - Reflections on Puccini - Angela in conversation, recorded especially for this DVD
  • In quelle trine morbide (Manon) Act 2 Manon Lescaut
  • Mario! Son qui! (Tosca) Act 1 Tosca with Roberto Alagna (Cavaradossi) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden - Antonio Pappano, conductor
  • Donde lieta usci (Mimì) Act 3 La Bohème - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi - Anton Coppola, conductor
  • Senti, l'ora è vicina
  • O mio babbino caro (Lauretta) Gianni Schicchi with José van Dam (Schicchi) / London Symphony Orchestra - Antonio Pappano, conductor
  • No! Non dir questo! Ma come puoi lascarmi? (Magda)
  • 3) Madama Butterfly: Vogliatemi bene with Roberto Alagna
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 2008-10-13
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Angela Gheorghiu
RRP: £17.99
Price: £9.98

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Review EMI 100 / Maria Callas - The Voice of the Century
Publisher: EMI 100
Release date: 1997-11-17
Creator: Renato Ercolani
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.14

Review Maria Callas - The Voice of the Century / EMI 100:

Twenty years after Maria Callas' death in 1977, EMI honoured one of its most faithful recording stars by re-releasing her entire output. Voice of the Century figureheads the anniversary edition, and if ever there was a highlights album to be bought, this must be it. The first disc concentrates on Italian opera, and already on the opening track Callas' direct, unaffected Norma demonstrates why she was the best-loved soprano of her generation. Her ability to let the character choices transform her voice led misguided critics to object to "thin(ness) in the high register", "vulnerable tone", "unstable vibrato" and so on. But Callas' unparalleled ability to renew and personalise well-known arias such and the depth and truthfulness of her coloratura register, placed her beyond criticism. Admittedly Callas at times forcibly subdued co-singers and conductors, but this was certainly not the case when she communed with the La Scala orchestra and Tullio Serafin, with whom the Greek "maestra" shared a love and affinity for the leisurely paced Italian bel canto tradition. Callas' takes on the French repertoire (disc two) leaves her more open to stylistic scrutiny-the 1961 Gluck recordings "Che faro" and "Alceste" fall victims to heavy handed romanticism. Callas and conductor Georges Pretre do more justice to the Gounoud and Saint-Saëns, and as Carmen Callas adds a whole new octave to her sizzling lower register. The set as a whole is a real treat, and positively addictive! -Yngvil V. G.

Review Warner Music Entertainment / Richard Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen [2007]
Tracks Richard Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen [2007]
  • Bayreuther Festspiele
  • John Tomlinson
  • Richard Wagner
  • Harry Kupfer
  • Anne Evans
  • Daniel Barenboim
Publisher: Warner Music Entertainment
Release date: 2007-07-02
Run time: 917 min.
RRP: £59.99
Price: £59.97

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