Tracks Classic FM - Hall of Fame Gold
- Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana) - Mascagni
- Flower Duet - Delibes
- Brindisi - Verdi
- La ci darem la mano (Don Giovani) - Mozart
- Au Fond Du Temple Saint (Pearl Fishers) - Bizet
- Humming Chorus - Puccini
- Casta Diva (Norma) - Bellini
- Harry Potter Theme - John Williams
- Adagio for Strings (Platoon) -
- Ride of the Valkyries (Apocalypse Now) - Wagner
- Piano Sonata No 23 2nd Movement - Beethoven
- Symphony No 3 3rd Movement - Brahms
- Torreadors Song
- Piano Concerto No.3 1st Movement (Shine) - Rachmaninov
- Piano Concerto No 2 (Brief Encounter) - Rachmaninov
- Star Wars - John Williams
- Celeste Aida (Aida) - Verdi
- Song to the Moon (Rusalka) - Dvorak
- Symphony No 5 4th Movement (Death in Venice) - Mahler
- Hebrides Overture - Mendelssohn
- Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) - Verdi
- Largo al Factotum (Barber of Seville) - Rossini
- O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) - Puccini
- Violin Concerto No 1 in G Minor 3rd Movement - Bruch
- Cello Concerto (1st & 2nd Movements) - Elgar
- Lord of the Rings Theme
- Rose Adagio from Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky
- Che Galida Manina - Puccini
- Nessun Dorma (Turandot) - Puccini
- Organ Symphony 4th Movement (from Babe) - Saint-Saens
- Dance of the Reed Flutes The Nutcracker
Release date: 2003-04-05
Creator: Léo Delibes
RRP: £18.99
Price: £19.99
Review Classic FM - Hall of Fame Gold / Classic FM:This handsome three-CD set from Classic FM pulls together some of the pieces which have featured most regularly in the radio station's annual Hall of Fame poll in the 10 years since the station was founded in 1992. The three discs are divided into "Hall of Fame at the Movies", "Hall of Fame at the Opera" and "Hall of Fame Classics". There's something for everyone here and even a few surprises, including music from John Williams' beautifully crafted soundtrack to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ("Hedwig's Theme") and Howard Shore's score for The Lord of the Rings. The opera disc has plenty for Lesley Garrett fans to chew over, including Delibes' "Flower Duet" from Lakmé, Dvorák's haunting "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka and Mascagni's stirring "Easter Hymn" from Cavalleria Rusticana. The performances are all fine, with some outstanding ones: the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Enrique Batiz produces some beautifully transparent textures in the final movement of Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony (heard in the film Babe). -Warwick Thompson.
Tracks Purcell : Music for pleasure and devotion
- Pavan 3 In A Major
- II Rondeau
- Pavan 4 In B Flat Major
- When On My Sick Bed I Languish
- Jubilate In D For Saint Cecilia's Day
- II In The Midst Of Life
- III Thou Knowest, Lord, The secrets Of Our Hearts
- Ground In Gamut
- III Chaconne
- In Guilty Night
- Entry Of Phoebus
- Pavan 1 In G Minor
- To Deum In D For Saint Cecilia's Day
- I Man That Is Born Of Woman
- Of All The Instruments That Are
- Jehova, Quam Multi Sunt Hosts Mei
- If Music Be The Food Of Love
- Fantazia VIII
- Rejoice In The Lord Alway
- Chorus Hail! Great Parent Of Us All
- Three Parts Upon A Ground
- IV Symphony & Dance
- Spring Thus The Ever Grateful Spring
- Voluntary In D Minor
- Prelude When A Cruel Long Winter Has Frozen the Earth
- Autumn See My Colour'd Fields
- Close Thine Eyes
- Chorus Hail! Great Parent Of Us All
- Winter Next, Winter Comes Slowly
- Summer Here's The Summer
- I Trumpet Overture
- Beati Omnes Qui Timent Dominum
- My Beloved Spake
- Pavan 2 In A Minor
Release date: 2003-05-05
Creator: Taverner Choir
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.59
Review Purcell : Music for pleasure and devotion / Veritas:
Tracks Bowen; Walton - Viola Concertos
- II: Vivo, Con Molto Preciso
- No.3: Christmas Dance-Allegro
- Elegy For Viola, String Quartet And String Orchestra
- II: Andante Cantabile
- I: Allegro Assai
- No.2: Carol-Andante Con Moto
- I: Andante Comodo
- III: Allegro Moderato
- III: Allegro Scherzando
- No.1: Prelude-Allegro Moderato
Release date: 2008-10-27
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: York Bowen
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.78
Review Bowen; Walton - Viola Concertos / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra:
Tracks Christmas with Emma Kirkby (and the Westminster Abby Choir)
- Christmas Hath Made An End
- While shepherds watch'd
- Adeste fideles
- Angelus ad virginem
- Stille nacht
- Watt's cradle hymn
- I wonder as I wander (2)
- Swete was the song the virgine soong
- Sing we the Virgin Mary
- Serafin que con dulce harmonia
- Es sungen drei engel
- Darkest midnight in December
- Nowell dieus wous garde
- Queen's college boar's head carol
- I wonder as I wander
- Carol of the green branches
- Als ich bei meinen schafen wacht
Release date: 2000-10-30
Creator: Simon Birchall
RRP: £9.99
Price: £19.98
Review Christmas with Emma Kirkby (and the Westminster Abby Choir) / Sony Classical:
Tracks Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 4 - 6
- 2a. Allegro
- 2b. Presto
- 2. Humoreske
- 2. Poco allegretto
- 1b. Adagio non troppo
- 1. Präludium - Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer
- Fig. [15] to Fig. [26] - Barbara Bonney, Copenhagen Boys' Choir, Danish National Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer
- 2d. Allegro
- 3. Proposta Seria
- 1a. Tempo giusto
- 4. Theme & Variations
- 2. Intermezzo - Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer
- 1. Allegro
- 2c. Andante un poco tranquilo
- 3. Poco adagio quasi andante
- Fig. [26] to end - Barbara Bonney, Lars Pederson, Michael W. Hanson, Bo Anker Hansen
- Beginning to Fig. [15] - Barbara Bonney, John Mark Ainsley, Copenhagen Boys' Choir, Danish National Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer
- 4. Allegro
- 1. Tempo giusto
- 3. Finale - Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer
Release date: 1999-09-13
Run time: 141 min.
Creator: Herbert Blomstedt
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.94
Review Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 4 - 6 / Decca:
Tracks Mario del Monaco: Decca Recitals 1952-1969
- "Lunge da lei" - "De' miei bollenti spiriti" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Nicola Rescigno
- Core 'ngrato - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
- "In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- Quando a Sölden - Mario del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Erede
- Musica proibita - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- Serenade - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
- Sono gli ebbri inverecondi...O mio castel paterno - Mario del Monaco, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Nicola Rescigno
- Irne lungi ancor dovrei - Mario del Monaco, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Nicola Rescigno
- 'na lettera cucente - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- Non piangere Liù - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" - Mario del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Erede
- Be My Love - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
- "Come splendido e grande" - "Di ladroni attorniato" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Nicola Rescigno
- "Di'tu se fedele" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Nicola Rescigno
- Mi batte il cor...O Paradiso - Mario del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Erede
- La rivedra nell'estasi - Mario del Monaco, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Nicola Rescigno
- Girls Were Made To Love And Kiss - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
- Tu ca' non chiange! - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- "Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Franci
- Giulietta son io - Mario del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Erede
- "Ah sì, ch'io sento ancora...Dal più remoto esiglio" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Nicola Rescigno
- "O figli miei...Ah, la paterna mano" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Nicola Rescigno
- "Oh! fede negar potessi" - "Quando le sere al placido" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Nicola Rescigno
- "E lucevan le stelle" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- Ciao Ciao, Bambina - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
- "Ah ha! Ah ha!...tu ch'odi lo mio grido" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Franci
- "Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali" - Mario del Monaco, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Alberto Erede
- "In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Franci
- O popolo di vili - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Franci
- "Nel verde maggio" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Franco Ghione
- "Colpito qui m'avete ... Un dì all'azzura spazio" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Franco Ghione
- "Firenze è come un albero fiorito" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Franci
- Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- L'Addio a Napoli - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- "Ah! Guai a chi la tocca...No! pazzo son! Guardate" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- "Cielo e mar!" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- Cara Mia - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
- Ave verum corpus, K.618 - Mario del Monaco, Brian Runnett
- "Frondi tenere e belle" - "Ombra mai fù" - Mario del Monaco, Brian Runnett
- Crucifixus - Mario del Monaco, Brian Runnett
- Tonight - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
- "La donna è mobile" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- Tombe degli avi miei...Fra poco a me ricovero - Mario del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Erede
- Torna a Surriento - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- "Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Franci
- 'Na sera 'e maggio - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- "Lungi da lei...De' miei bollenti spiriti" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- The White Dove - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
- Pietà, Signore - Mario del Monaco, Brian Runnett
- "Rachel, quand du Seigneur la grâce tutélaire" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- Benedictus - Mario del Monaco, Brian Runnett
- "Recondita armonia" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- "Vengo!...O gioia della mia dimora...Testa adorata" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Franci
- Autunno - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- "O! fede negar potessi...Quando le sere al placido" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- In questa tomba obscura, WoO.133 - Mario del Monaco, Brian Runnett
- "Questa o quella" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- 'O sole mio - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- Lolita - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
- Core 'ngrato - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- Mattinata Veneziana - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- Musica Proibita - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
- "Merce, diletti amici...Come rugiada al cespite" - Mario del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Erede
- Piscatore 'e pusilleco - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- "Che gelida manina" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Franco Ghione
- Ingemisco - Mario del Monaco, Brian Runnett
- Trobadorica - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- Domine Deus - Mario del Monaco, Brian Runnett
- Love's Last Word Is Spoken - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
- Ah! tout est bien fini...O Souverain! O juge! O pere! - Mario del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Erede
- "Una parola sola...Or son sei mesi" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Franco Ghione
- Granada - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- Dicitencello vuie - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- Sotto il sol di Siria ardente - Mario del Monaco, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Nicola Rescigno
- Mattinata - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- "La vita è un inferno...O tu che in seno agli angeli" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- Vurria - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- "La mia letizia infondere" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Nicola Rescigno
- Agnus Dei - Mario del Monaco, Brian Runnett
- M'hai salvato...O come furon lunghi - Mario del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Erede
- "E la solita storia...Anch'io vorrei dormir così" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Franci
- Svanir le voci!...Meco all'altar di Venere - Mario del Monaco, Athos Cesarini, Chorus, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- "O figli, o figli miei...Ah, la paterna mano" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- "Nessun dorma!" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Franco Ghione
- Panis Angelicus - Mario del Monaco, Brian Runnett
- I Milioni d'Arlecchino - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- Addio fiorito asil - Mario del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Erede
- Inghirlandata di violette - Mario del Monaco, Lucilla Cipriano, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Franci
- "Forse la soglia attinse...Ma se m'è forza perderti" - Mario del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Erede
- "Hai ben ragione" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Franco Ghione
- Hostias et preces tibi - Mario del Monaco, Brian Runnett
- "Siegmund heiß ich und Siegmund bin ich" - Mario del Monaco, Lucilla Cipriano, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Franci
- Varco d' 'o primo ammore - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- "Amor ti vieta" - Mario del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Erede
- "Prelude...Si può? Signore! Signori!" - Aldo Protti, Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede
- 'O paese d'o sole - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra, Ernest Nicelli
- Ti Voglio Tanto Bene - Mario del Monaco, Mantovani & His Orchestra
Release date: 2006-03-13
Run time: 345 min.
RRP: £30.99
Price: £13.97
Review Mario del Monaco: Decca Recitals 1952-1969 / Mario Monaco:
Tracks Advent at St Paul's
- Rejoice In The Lord Alway
- Hymn To The Creator Of Light
- Ave Maria
- This Is The Record Of John
- Virga Jesse floruit
- Echo Carol for boy's voices
- Angelus ad virginem
- Organ Toccata On Veni Emmanuel
- Laudes Regiae
- Laetentur coeli
- Drop Down Ye Heavens From Above
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- A Hymn Of St Columba
- Hosanna To The Son Of David
- Vesper Responsory (After Palestrina)
- Blow Out The Trumpet In Sion
- Mattins Responsory (After Palestrina)
- Ecce concipies
Release date: 1997-09-01
Run time: 71 min.
Creator: Andrew Lucas
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.97
Review Advent at St Paul's / Hyperion:
Tracks Casta Diva
- L'ora fatal s'appressa; Ciel! in tal periglio from "L'assiedo di Corinto" - Rossini
- Una voce poco fa; Io sono docile from "Il barbière di Siviglia" - Rossini
- Piangete voi; Al dolce guidami; from "Anna Bolena" - Donizetti
- O rendetemi la speme; Vien diletto from "Il puritani" - Bellini
- S'allontanano alfin!; Selva opaca from "Gugliemo Tell" - Rossini
- Casta Diva; Ah bello a me ritorna from "Norma" - Bellini
- Ah! non credea mirarti from "La sonnambula" - Bellini
- Regnava nel silenzio; Egli à luca; Quando rapito in estasi from "Lucia di Lammermoor" - Bellini
Release date: 2001-06-04
Run time: 61 min.
Creator: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.99
Review Casta Diva / London Symphony Orchestra:The title Casta Diva tells all: this recital disc has soprano Angela Gheorghiu reaching out beyond the lyric Verdi/Gounod/Massenet/Puccini repertory in which she made her name and edging into the gymnastic world of coloratura and bel canto. with some measure of success. Her opening number, the eponymous Bellini "Casta Diva", doesn't show her at her best: the sound is hollow rather than serene and just a touch too fluttery in the vibrato to feel comfortable. But in other arias from La Sonnambula, I Puritani, and Guglielmo Tell she seems on surer ground-though even here the fioritura can be rushed and swallowed when it needs to be approached with measured confidence. Of course the technique is there, as is the eloquence and subtlety but take this disc as a token of things to come rather than evidence of what has already arrived. That way you'll be pleasantly surprised as opposed to slightly disappointed. -Michael White.
Publisher: Helios
Release date: 2003-06-30
Run time: 56 min.
Creator: Susan Drake
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.98
Review Arabesque - Romantic Harp Music of the 19th Century / Helios:
Tracks Music from The Hours
- Morning Passages
- Unwelcome Friend
- Why Does Someone Have to Die?
- Tearing Herself Away
- Hours
- Something She Has to Do
- Choosing Life
- Escape!
- I'm Going to Make a Cake
- Poet Acts
- Dead Things
- For Your Own Benefit
- Vanessa and the Changelings
- Kiss
Release date: 2004-09-27
Run time: 57 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.79
Review Music from The Hours / Philip Glass:
Tracks Classic FM Music for Bathtime
- Caccini: Ave Maria
- Bach: Goldberg Variations Aria made famous by the movie The English Patient
- Allegri: Miserere made famous by the movie Chariots of Fire
- Einaudi: Two Sunsets (Due Tramonti)
- Albinoni: Adagio made famous by the movie Gallipoli
- Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals - The Swan
- Delius: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
- Barber: Agnus Dei theme made famous by William Orbit
- Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
- Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp Andantino made famous by the movie Greencard
- Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne Bailero
- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 Adagio sostenuto made famous by the movie Brief Encounter
Release date: 2004-07-12
Creator: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.67
Review Classic FM Music for Bathtime / Classic FM.(Export:
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Publisher: Channel Classics
Release date: 2004-06-07
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £5.19
Review Super Artists on Super Audio, Vol. 2 [Hybrid SACD] / Various:
Tracks Verdi: La Traviata - Highlights
- "Largo a quadrupede" - Metropolitan Opera Chorus, John Keenan, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- Ah, Violetta! - Voi? Signor? / Prendi, quest'è... - Juan Pons, Cheryl Studer, Luciano Pavarotti, Sondra Kelly, Julien Robbins, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) - Luciano Pavarotti, Wendy White, Anthony Laciura, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Chorus
- Prelude - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- "Ah! Dite alla giovine" - Cheryl Studer, Juan Pons, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- Signora...Che t'accadde...Parigi, o cara - Sondra Kelly, Cheryl Studer, Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- "Invitato a qui seguirmi" ..."Ogni suo aver tal.." - Cheryl Studer, Luciano Pavarotti, James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus
- "Un dì felice, eterea" - Luciano Pavarotti, Cheryl Studer, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- "Imponete" "Non amarlo ditegli" - Cheryl Studer, Juan Pons, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- "Tenesta la promessa" - "Attendo, né a me giungon mai" - "Addio del passato" - Cheryl Studer, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- "Dell'invito trascorsa è già l'ora" - Cheryl Studer, Wendy White, Jeffrey Wells, Anthony Laciura, Bruno Pola, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- "Lunge da lei" - "De' miei bollenti spiriti" - Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- "Di Provenza il mar, il suol" - Juan Pons, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- "E strano!" - "Ah, fors'è lui" - "Sempre libera" - Cheryl Studer, Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
- "Annina, donde vieni?" - "Oh mio rimorso!" - Luciano Pavarotti, Sondra Kelly, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Release date: 2000-10-05
Run time: 65 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.54
Review Verdi: La Traviata - Highlights / Juan Pons Sondra Kelly Cheryl Studer Luciano Pavarotti Metropolitan Opera Chorus Metropolitan Opera Orchestra James Levine:
Tracks Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
- Prigoniero in qual loco m'adduci? (Fiesco, Paolo) - Nicolai Ghiaurov, José van Dam, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Cielo di stelle orbato (Gabriele, Amalia, Ancella, Pietro) - José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Maria Fausta Gallamini, Giovanni Foiani, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Evviva il Doge! (Coro, Capitano, Fiesco, Paolo) - Antonio Savastano, Nicolai Ghiaurov, José van Dam, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Amelia, di come fosti rapita (Doge, Amelia, Gabriele, Paolo, Pietro, Fiesco, Coro) - Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, José Carreras, José van Dam, Giovanni Foiani, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Suona ogni labbro il mio nome (Simone, Fiesco) - Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- chi veggo? (Amelia, Doge, Gabriele, Fiesco) - Mirella Freni, Piero Cappuccilli, José Carreras, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- "A te l'estremo addio" - "Il lacerato spirito" - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Ecco la spada (Gabriele, Doge, Paolo, Amelia, Fiesco, Pietro, Coro) - José Carreras, Piero Cappuccilli, José van Dam, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Giovanni Foiani, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Propizio ei giunge! (GAbriele, Fiesco) - José Carreras, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Ferischi! (Amelia, Doge, Coro) - Mirella Freni, Piero Cappuccilli, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Come in quest'ora bruna (Amelia) - Mirella Freni, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Oh! Amelia ... ami ... un nemico (Doge, Gabriele, Amelia) - Piero Cappuccilli, José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- L'altra magion vedete? (Paolo, Pietro, Coro) - José van Dam, Giovanni Foiani, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Che dicesti? (Paolo, Pietro, Simone, Coro) - José van Dam, Giovanni Foiani, Piero Cappuccilli, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Il Doge vien (Gabriele, FIesco, Doge, Paolo, Amelia) - José Carreras, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli, José van Dam, Mirella Freni, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Oh, de'Fieschi implacata, orrida razza (Simone, Fiesco, Paolo, Pietro, Coro) - Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, José van Dam, Giovanni Foiani, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Messeri, il re di Tartaria (Doge, Paolo, Pietro, Gabriele, AMelia, Fiesco, Coro) - Piero Cappuccilli, José van Dam, Giovanni Foiani, José Carreras, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Tu qui? ... Amelia! (Amelia, Gabriele) - Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Figlia? ... Si afflitto, o padre mio? (Doge, Amelia) - Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Piango, perché mi parla (Fiesco, Doge) - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Plebe! Patrizi! (Doge, Amelia, Fiesco, Gabriele, Paolo, Pietro, Coro) - Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, José Carreras, Giovanni Foiani, José van Dam, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Gran Dio, li benedici - Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- "Orfanelle il tetto umile" "Figlia! ... a tal nome io palpito" (Amelia) - Mirella Freni, Piero Cappuccilli, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Che rispose? (Paolo, Doge, Pietro) - José van Dam, Piero Cappuccilli, Giovanni Foiani, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Udisti? ...Vil disegno! (Paolo, Gabriele) - José van Dam, José Carreras, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- M'ardon le tempia (Doge, Fiesco) - Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- Quei due vedesti? (Paolo, Pietro) - José van Dam, Giovanni Foiani, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- (Preludio) - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
- All'armi, all'armi, o Liguri (Coro, Amelia, Gabriele, Doge) - Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Piero Cappuccilli, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
Release date: 1997-02-10
Run time: 136 min.
Creator: Nicolai Ghiaurov
RRP: £19.99
Price: £13.88
Review Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / The Originals:
Tracks Cherubini: Requiem/Marche funèbre
- Requiem in c: Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe
- Requiem in c: Agnus Dei
- Requiem in c: Introitus Et Kyrie: Requiem Aeternam
- Requiem in c: Sanctus
- Requiem in c: Graduale: Requiem Aeternam
- Requiem in c: Pie Jesu
- Marche Funebre - Orch Della Radio Svizzera Italiana/Diego Fasolis
- Requiem in c: Dies Irae
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 56 min.
Creator: Luigi Cherubini
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.64
Review Cherubini: Requiem/Marche funèbre / Naxos:
Tracks World of Opera Favourites
- Nessun dorma! - Giuseppe di Stefano, James Walker, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roy Wallace, Franco Patané, Christopher Raeburn, Gil Went, Giacomo Puccini
- "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise) - Christopher Raeburn, Marilyn Horne, James Lock, Wiener Opernorchester, Henry Lewis, Georges Bizet
- "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus) - Norma Burrowes, Graham Clark, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ingvar Wixell, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, The London Opera Chorus, Terry Edwards, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Ray Minshull, Richard Beswick, Kenneth Wilkinson, James Lock, Giuseppe Verdi
- Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus) - Christopher Raeburn, Michael Woolcock, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Gordon Parry, James Lock, Jack Law, Giacomo Puccini
- "Che gelida manina" - Luciano Pavarotti, Ray Minshull, Berliner Philharmoniker, James Mallinson, Herbert von Karajan, Gordon Parry, James Lock, Colin Moorfoot, Giacomo Puccini
- "Recitar!" - "Vesti la giubba" - Mario del Monaco, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Christopher Raeburn, Roy Wallace
- "Largo al factotum" - Sherrill Milnes, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Silvio Varviso, Gioacchino Rossini
- "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) - Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Sutherland, Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, John Pritchard, Giuseppe Verdi, Christopher Raeburn, Kenneth Wilkinson, Ray Minshull
- "C'est toi"... "Au fond du temple saint" - Gregory Cross, Gino Quilico, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit, Georges Bizet
- "La donna è mobile" - Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Giuseppe Verdi
- Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) - Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Lamberto Gardelli, Erik Smith, Gordon Parry, James Brown, Giuseppe Verdi
- "Soave sia il vento" - Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbaender, Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra, István Kertész, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christopher Raeburn, Gordon Parry
- "Oh! mio babbino caro" - Erik Smith, Renata Tebaldi, Kenneth Wilkinson, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Lamberto Gardelli, Giacomo Puccini
- Un bel dì vedremo - Christopher Raeburn, Mirella Freni, Michael Woolcock, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gordon Parry, Herbert von Karajan, James Lock, Jack Law, Giacomo Puccini
- "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" - Christopher Raeburn, Kiri Te Kanawa, Andrew Cornall, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti, Giacomo Puccini
- Vivat! Vivat le torero!..Toreador Song: Votre toast - Christopher Raeburn, José van Dam, Richard Beswick, The John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti, Georges Bizet
- "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" - Christopher Raeburn, Plácido Domingo, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Beswick, Colin Moorfoot, Georg Solti, Kenneth Wilkinson, Georges Bizet
- Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais (Flower Duet) - Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Richard Bonynge, John Mordler, David Harvey, Kenneth Wilkinson, Michael Mailes, Léo Delibes
Release date: 1996-05-13
Run time: 74 min.
Creator: Jane Berbié
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.95
Review World of Opera Favourites / World of:
Tracks New Year's Concert 2003
- Josef Strauss: Pjle-Mjle (Polka schnell) op. 161
- Johann Strauss II: Schatzwalzer op. 418; Treasure Waltz (from The Gypsy Baron)
- Johannes Brahms: Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 5 g-moll, Hungarian Dance no. 5 in G minor
- Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch op. 228, Radetzky March
- Johannes Strauss II: An der schvnen blauen Donau (Walzer) op. 314, The Blue Danube
- Johannes Strauss II: Furioso-Polka (Polka quasi galop) op. 260
- Johannes Strauss II: Leichtes Blut (Polka schnell) op. 319, Light of Heart
- Johann Strauss II: Lob der Frauen (Polka mazur) op. 315, Praise of Women
- Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer op. 437, Emperor Waltz
- Johannes Brahms: Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 6 D-Dur, Hungarian Dance no. 6 in D major
- Johann Strauss II: Bauern-Polka (Polka francaise) op. 276, Peasants' Polka
- Johann Strauss II: Niko-Polka op. 228
- Johann Strauss II: Krvnungslieder (Walzer) op. 184, Coronation Songs
- Johann Strauss II: Scherz-Polka op. 72, Joke Polka
- Johann Strauss II: Secunden (Polka francaise) op. 258
- Josef Strauss: Delirien (Walzer) op. 212; Delirium (Waltz)
- Johann Strauss II: Helenen-Polka op. 203
- New Year's Address
- Carl Maria von Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanz (Rondo brillant) op. 65, Invitation to the Dance
- Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Franz-Joseph I. Rettungs-Jubel-Marsch op. 126
- Johann Strauss I: Chineser-Galopp op. 20, Chinese Galop
Release date: 2003-01-20
Run time: 106 min.
Creator: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.49
Review New Year's Concert 2003 / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra:The Vienna Philharmonic's New Year Concert, which has taken place annually since 1941, is possibly the most famous musical event in the world. Broadcast live from Vienna's Musikverein to dozens of countries, the concert has a worldwide audience in excess of 50 million people. Equally impressive is the time it has taken for Deutsche Grammophon to produce this two-CD live recording-just 27 days. The 2003 concert, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, was the usual Straussfest, with favourites such as The Blue Danube, the Emperor Waltz and the Radetzky March. For the first time, music by Brahms (his Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 and 6) and Weber (Berlioz's orchestration of Invitation to the Dance) were on the programme; they fit in perfectly. The New Year Concert is always a joyous occasion, conveyed here not only by the energetic and poised performances from the Vienna Phil (clearly no hangovers from the previous night's celebrations!) but also by the receptive audience whose cheers and applause can be heard throughout. Also included is Harnoncourt's short address-delivered in German but with no English translation given. -Rebecca Agnew.
Tracks Revelation and Fall
- Five Pieces Op. 2 (1955-6) - John Ogdon
- Leopardi Fragments - Cantata for soprano, contralto and instrumental ensemble (1961-2) - Mary Thomas/Rosemary Phillips/Melos Ens
- Revelation and Fall (1966) - Mary Thomas/Pierrot Players/Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
- Episodion - Melos Ensemble/Lawrence Foster
- Episodion - Melos Ensemble/Lawrence Foster
- Tragoedia (1965) - Melos Ensemble/Lawrence Foster
Release date: 2004-10-04
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.69
Review Revelation and Fall / Peter Maxwell Davies:
Tracks Unforgettable Trumpet Classics
- Concerto In C For Two Trumpets And Strings: Largo
- Suite in D for trumpet and strings: March
- Suite in D for trumpet and strings: Bourree
- Marche de triomphe
- Trumpet Concerto in E flat: Allegro
- Concerto In C For Two Trumpets And Strings: Allegro
- Trumpet Concerto in E flat: Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F: Andante
- Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F: Allegro assai
- Concerto In C For Two Trumpets And Strings: Allegro
- ' Trumpet Voluntary': The Prince of Denmark's March
- Suite in D for trumpet and strings: Gigue
- Suite in D for trumpet and strings: Air
- Trumpet Concerto in E flat: Rondo (Allegro molto)
- Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen
- Trumpet Concerto in E flat: Andante
- Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F: Allegro
- Trumpet Concerto in E flat: Andante
- Ricercar: a 4
- Trumpet Concerto in E flat: Allegro con spirito
- Come ye Sons of Art: Symphony
- Suite in D for trumpet and strings: Overture
Release date: 1997-08-18
Run time: 76 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £1.87
Review Unforgettable Trumpet Classics / Various Artists:
Publisher: Helios
Release date: 2003-09-29
Run time: 63 min.
Creator: Sinfonye
RRP: £6.99
Price: £6.79
Review Gabriel's Greeting: Medieval English Christmas Music / Helios:
| Models & Brands:
Classic FM - Hall of Fame Gold, Purcell : Music for pleasure and devotion, Bowen; Walton - Viola Concertos, Christmas with Emma Kirkby (and the Westminster Abby Choir), Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 4 - 6, Mario del Monaco: Decca Recitals 1952-1969, Advent at St Paul's, Casta Diva, Arabesque - Romantic Harp Music of the 19th Century, Music from The Hours, Classic FM Music for Bathtime, Super Artists on Super Audio, Vol. 2 [Hybrid SACD], Verdi: La Traviata - Highlights, Verdi: Simon Boccanegra, Cherubini: Requiem/Marche funèbre, World of Opera Favourites, New Year's Concert 2003, Revelation and Fall, Unforgettable Trumpet Classics, Gabriel's Greeting: Medieval English Christmas Music |
