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Review Virgin De Virgin / Scarlatti - Piano Sonatas
Tracks Scarlatti - Piano Sonatas
  • Son in G, K283
  • Son in d, K9
  • Son in A, K24
  • Son in c, K11
  • Son in A, K404
  • Son in G, K520
  • Son in b, K27
  • Son in f#, K25
  • Son in f, K387
  • Son in D, K29
  • Son in f, K519
  • Son in b, K87
  • Son in g, K8
  • Son in f, K386
  • Son in d, K141
  • Son in A, K268
  • Son in F, K17
  • Son in c#, K247
  • Son in G, K259
  • Son in A, K113
  • Son in G, K146
  • Son in d, K213
  • Son in E, K380
  • Son in D, K96
  • Son in d, K1
  • Son in G, K523
  • Son in D, K214
  • Son in G, K284
  • Son in b, K173
  • Son in a, K3
  • Son in D, K443
Publisher: Virgin De Virgin
Release date: 2001-08-06
Run time: 140 min.
Creator: Mikhail Pletnev
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.58

Review Scarlatti - Piano Sonatas / Virgin De Virgin:


Review Naxos / Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Tracks Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
  • No.12 Scene: Allegro
  • III. Tempo Di Valse
  • No.29 Finale: Andante - Allegro Agitato - Moderato E Maestoso - Moderato
  • II. Andante - Allegro
  • No.21 Spanich Dance: Allegro Non Troppo (Tempo Di Bolero)
  • No.1 Scene
  • No.22 Neapolitan Dance: Allegro Moderato - Andantino Quasi Moderato - Presto
  • VI. Tempo Di Valse
  • III. Tempo Di Valse
  • No.15 Allegro Giusto
  • II. Variation I: Allegro
  • V. Allegro
  • III. Variation II: Allegro Moderato
  • VI. Coda: Allegro Vivace
  • II. Variation I: Moderato - Andante
  • V. Andante - Allegro
  • II. Moderato Assai
  • IV. Variation III: Moderato
  • I. Tempo Di Valse
  • VII. Coda: Allegro Molto
  • No.14 Scene: Moderato
  • No.20 Hungarian Dance: Moderato Assai - Allegro - Vivace
  • VI. Variation V: Moderato - Allegro Semplice
  • No.10 Scene: Moderato
  • I. Intrada: Moderato Assai
  • No.2 Valse
  • No.28 Scene: Allegro Agitato
  • No.27 Dance Of The Cygnets: Moderato
  • VII. Coda: Allegro Vivace
  • Introduction
  • V. Variation IV: Allegro
  • No.7 Sujet
  • No.8 Dance Of The Goblets: Tempo Di Polacca
  • IV. Coda
  • I. Intrada
  • No.17 Arrival Of The Guests And Waltz Allegro - Tempo Di Valse
  • Russian Dance
  • No.9 Finale: Andante: The Flight Of Swans
  • III. Allegro Semplice - Presto
  • II. Andante Sostenuto
  • IV. Allegro Moderato
  • No.16 Dance Of The Corps De Ballet And Dwarves: Moderato Assai - Allegro Vivo
  • No.18 Scene: Allegro
  • No.6 Pas D'action
  • IV. Coda: Allegro Molto Vivace
  • IV. Moderato
  • III. Variation II: Andante Con Moto
  • No.26 Scene: Allegro Non Troppo
  • No.24 Scene: Allegro
  • No.3 Scene
  • No.25 Entr'acte: Moderato
  • No.23 Mazurka: Tempo Di Mazurka
  • Pas De Deux: I. Introduction
  • I. Tempo Di Valse Ma Non Troppo Vivo, Quasi Moderato
  • No.11 Scene
Publisher: Naxos
Release date: 2002-11-04
Creator: Russian State Symphony Orchestra
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.26

Review Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Naxos:


Review Dyad / Handel: Messiah
Tracks Handel: Messiah
  • Messiah: Chorus - Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him
  • Messiah: Contralto - soprano aria - He shall feed His flock like a shepherd
  • Messiah: Tenor aria - Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
  • Messiah: Counter Tenor Aria - Thou Art Gone Up On High
  • Messiah: Chorus - Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
  • Messiah: Chorus - Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
  • Messiah: Chorus - Since by Man Came Death
  • 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: Countertenor Aria - But Who May abide The Day Of His coming?
  • Messiah: Tenor aria - Thou Shalt Break Them With A Rod Of Iron
  • Messiah: Soprano aria - I know Tt My redeemer Liveth
  • Messiah: Bass Aria - The People That Walked In Darkness Have Seen A Great Light
  • Messiah: Soprano Aria - Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion
  • Messiah: Contralto Recitative - Behold A Virgin Shall conceive, And Bear A Son
  • Messiah: Pifa (Pasoral Symphony)
  • Messiah: Soprano Recitative - And lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them.
  • Messiah: Soprano Recitative - And Suddenly There Was With The Angel A Multitude
  • Messiah: Tenor Recitative - All They That See Him Laugh To Scorn
  • Messiah: Chorus - Hallelujah: For The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth
  • Messiah: Chorus - All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
  • Messiah: Chorus - For Unto Us A Child Is Born
  • Messiah: Chorus - Glory To God In The Highest
  • Messiah: Tenor Recitative - He That dwelleth In Heaven Shall Laugh Them To Scorn
  • Messiah: Bass Recitative - Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts
  • 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: Bass aria - The Trumpet Shall Sound
  • Messiah: Chorus - The Lord Gave The Word
  • Messiah: Counter tenor recitative - Then Shall Be Brought To Pass
  • Messiah: Bass recitative - Behold, I Tell You A Mystery
  • Messiah: Soprano Recitative - And The angel Said Unto Them, Fear Not
  • Messiah: Bass Aria - Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together
  • Messiah: Chorus - And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed
  • Messiah: Chorus - And He Shall Purify
  • Messiah: Soprano Aria - How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them That Preach
  • Messiah: Contralto Aria - He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men
  • Messiah: Chorus - Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain
  • Messiah: Tenor Recititive - Comfort ye My People
  • Messiah: Bass Recitative - For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth
  • Messiah: Chorus - Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
  • Messiah: Chorus - Amen
  • Messiah: Soprano Recitative - There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field
  • Messiah: Symphony
  • Messiah: Chorus - He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him
  • Messiah: Tenor Recitative - Thy Rebuke Has Broken His Heart
  • Messiah: Chorus - His Yoke Is Easy And His Burden Is Light
  • Messiah: Soprano aria - If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?
  • Messiah: Counter tenor - Tenor aria - O Death, Where Is Thy Sting
  • Messiah: Chorus - Their sound Is Gone Out Into All Lands
  • Messiah: Tenor Recitative - Unto Which Of The Angels Said He At Any Time?
  • Messiah: Tenor Aria - But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell
  • Messiah: Contralto recitative - Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened
  • Messiah: Contralto Aria And Chorus - O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion
  • Messiah: Chorus - Behold The Lamb Of God
Publisher: Dyad
Release date: 1997-08-29
Run time: 141 min.
Creator: Maldwyn Davies
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.69

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Review ASV / Goodall: Choral Works
Tracks Goodall: Choral Works
  • Marlborough Canticles: Nunc Dimittis
  • They Were Not Here
  • Missa Aedis Christi: Benedictus
  • The Vicar Of Dibley: Psalm 23
  • Missa Aedis Christi: Kyrie
  • Mr. Bean: Ecce Homo
  • Marlborough Canticles: Magnificat
  • In Memoriam Anne Frank
  • Missa Aedis Christi: Gloria
  • Missa Aedis Christi: Credo
  • Missa Aedis Christi: Agnus Dei
  • Missa Aedis Christi: Sanctus
Publisher: ASV
Release date: 2008-06-09
Run time: 62 min.
Creator: Ian Rowbotham
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.06

Review Goodall: Choral Works / ASV:


Review Bryn Terfel / A Song in my Heart
Tracks A Song in my Heart
  • Scène 6. Air de Méphistophélès. "Voici des roses" - Bryn Terfel, Philharmonia Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Glas Y Dorlan - Bryn Terfel, Alun Llwyd
  • 4. Sleep - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  • "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel" - Bryn Terfel, Stephen Doughty, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel
  • Ehi! paggio!... L'onore! (Falstaff) - Bryn Terfel, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
  • "Hereupon we're both agreed" - Thomas Allen, Bryn Terfel, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
  • The Lord Bless You and Keep You - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, London Voices, Terry Edwards
  • Little Prince - Bryn Terfel, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
  • Amazing Grace - Bryn Terfel, Martin Taylor
  • Erlkönig, D. 328 (Op.1) - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  • No.3 Go, lovely Rose - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  • Cwm Rhondda - Bryn Terfel, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Gareth Jones, The Black Mountain Choir, The Risca Choir
  • Suo Gân - Bryn Terfel, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Gareth Jones
  • Silent noon - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  • They Call the Wind Maria [Paint Your Wagon] - Bryn Terfel, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel, Chorus Of Opera North, Martin Fitzpatrick
  • I must go down to the seas again - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  • "Die Frist ist um" - "Ew'ge Vernichtung, nimm uns auf" (Holländer, Mannschaft des Holländers) - Bryn Terfel, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
  • Si, tra i ceppi - Bryn Terfel, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
  • In diesem Wetter - Bryn Terfel, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli
  • Y March Glas - Bryn Terfel
  • "Mein Wagen rollet langsam", Op.142, No.4 - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  • Chanson de Méphistophélès. "Une puce gentille" - Bryn Terfel, Philharmonia Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung, Philharmonia Chorus, David Hill, Simon Halsey
  • Come Home [Allegro] - Bryn Terfel, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
  • Amazing Grace - Arranged by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • "Die beiden Grenadiere" Op.49, No.1 - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  • Recit: "Passegiammo anche noi.." - Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, John Fisher, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • "Du bist wie eine Blume", Op.25, No.24 - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  • "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" - Bryn Terfel, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
  • "Non più andrai" - Bryn Terfel, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • "Il cor vi dono" - Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Vouchsafe, O Lord - Bryn Terfel, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
  • 7. Whither must I wander? - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  • Deep River - Arranged by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, London Voices, Terry Edwards
  • Shenandoah - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, Neil Martin
  • Wie Todesahnung... O du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram) - Bryn Terfel, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
  • Du bist die Ruh', D.776 (Op.59/3) - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  • Io ti lascio, oh cara, addio, K.app.245 (vocal part by G. von Jacquin) - Bryn Terfel, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
  • Der Musensohn, D.764 (Op.92/1) - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  • Ar Hyd y nos - Bryn Terfel, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Gareth Jones, The Black Mountain Choir, The Risca Choir
  • 1. The Vagabond - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
Publisher: UCJ
Release date: 2007-10-01
Run time: 149 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £6.57

Review A Song in my Heart / Bryn Terfel:


Review EMI Classics / A Classic Christmas: the Ultimate Collection of Christmas Classics and Carols
Tracks A Classic Christmas: the Ultimate Collection of Christmas Classics and Carols
  • We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  • Sleigh Ride
  • Hark The Herald Angels Sing
  • Cantique De Noel
  • Bacchanale And Winter
  • Once In Royal David's City
  • Deck The Halls
  • First Noel
  • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Midnight Sleigh Ride
  • Hansel And Gretel
  • I Saw Three Ships
  • O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  • In Dulci Jubilo
  • Troika
  • Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
  • Fantasia On Christmas Carols
  • Silent Night
  • O Come All Ye Faithful
  • Ding Dong Merrily On High
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 2003-11-03
Creator: Hallé Choir
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.33

Review A Classic Christmas: the Ultimate Collection of Christmas Classics and Carols / EMI Classics:


Review Mitsuko Uchida / Mozart - The Piano Concertos /MITSUKO UCHIDA
Tracks Mozart - The Piano Concertos /MITSUKO UCHIDA
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro vivace
  • 1. Allegro aperto
  • 3. Rondeau (Allegro di molto)
  • 2. Larghetto
  • 2. Andantino
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Rondeau (Allegro)
  • 2. (Larghetto)
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Allegretto
  • 2. Andante un poco sostenuto
  • 3. Rondeau (Presto)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. (Andante)
  • 1. Allegro maestoso
  • 1. Allegretto grazioso
  • 3. Allegro ma non troppo
  • 3. (Allegretto)
  • 2. Andante un poco adagio
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Allegro - Andante cantabile - Tempo I
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Allegro assai
  • 3. Allegro
  • 3. Allegro vivace
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Tempo di menuetto
  • 2. Andante ma un poco adagio
  • 3. Rondeau (Allegro)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Rondeau (Tempo di menuetto)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Allegretto
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Allegro
  • 3. Allegro vivace assai
  • 1. (Allegro)
  • 2. Adagio
  • 3. Allegro
  • 3. (Allegretto)
  • 1. Allegro aperto
  • 3. Rondeau (Allegretto)
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Allegro vivace
  • 2. Adagio
  • 2. Larghetto
  • 3. Rondo (Allegro assai)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Romance
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Allegretto
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro assai
  • 2. Andantino
  • 3. Allegro assai
  • 2. Larghetto
  • 1. Allegro vivace
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2006-03-13
Run time: 588 min.
RRP: £39.99
Price: £23.53

Review Mozart - The Piano Concertos /MITSUKO UCHIDA / Mitsuko Uchida:


Review Universal Classics / Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies
Tracks Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies
  • III. Scherzo - The waves - London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • Ia. Behold the sea itself - John Cameron, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • IVd. Away o soul - Isobel Baillie, John Cameron, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • 3. Moderato Pesante
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Andante moderato
  • 4. Lento - Margaret Ritchie, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • 3. Cavatina (per stromenti ad arco) - Harold Parfitt, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • 3. Scherzo (Nocturne, Allegro vivace)
  • 1. Fantasia (Variazioni senza Tema)
  • 1. Preludio
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Romanza
  • 4. Intermezzo (Andante sostenuto) - John Gielgud, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • 2. Scherzo alla marcia (per stromenti a fiato)
  • 2. Lento
  • 2. Andante sostenuto
  • IVa. O vast Rondure, swimming in space - London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • 2. Scherzo (Moderato) - John Gielgud, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • IVb. O we can wait no longer - John Cameron, Isobel Baillie, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • Ib. Flaunt out, O sea your separate flags - Isobel Baillie, John Cameron, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • IVc. O thou transcendent - John Cameron, Isobel Baillie, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • 3. Scherzo (allegro molto)
  • 4. Andante tranquilo
  • 4. Toccata
  • 3. Landscape (Lento) - John Gielgud, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • 1. Lento - Allegro risoluto
  • 3. Scherzo (Allegro pesante)
  • 2. Moderato
  • 1. Moderato maestoso
  • 3. Scherzo
  • 2. Scherzo
  • 1. Molto moderato
  • 4. Passacaglia
  • II. On the beach at night alone - John Cameron, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • 1. Prelude (Andante maestoso) - John Gielgud, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • 2. Lento moderato
  • 4. Epilogue
  • 5. Epilogue (Alla marcia, moderato ma non troppo) - John Gielgud, Margaret Ritchie, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
  • 4. Andante con moto - Epilogue
  • 4. Finale con epilogo fugato (Allegro molto)
  • Introduction to Vaughan Williams' Symphony No.9 - Adrian Boult
  • Vaughan Williams speaks concerning his Sixth Symphony - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2002-11-18
Run time: 365 min.
Creator: Margaret Ritchie
RRP: £22.99
Price: £15.63

Review Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies / Universal Classics:


Review Universal Classics / The World of The Spanish Guitar
Tracks The World of The Spanish Guitar
  • El noi de la mare
  • Minuetto
  • No.5: Asturias
  • Tango, Op.165, No.2
  • Neblina
  • El testament d'Amelia
  • Recuerdos de la Alhambra
  • L'Heureu Riera
  • Canço de lladre
  • Spanish Dance Op.37, No.5 - "Andaluza"
  • Estudio brillante
  • Fandanguillo, Op.36
  • Lo rossinyol
  • Spanish Dance, Op.37, No.10 - "Danza triste"
  • La nit de Nadal
  • Ráfaga, Op.53
  • Preludes for Guitar
  • No.3: Sevilla
  • Estudio
  • Estudio sin luz
  • Adelita. Mazurka in G. Marieta!
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 1992-02-18
Run time: 64 min.
Creator: Eduardo Fernández
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.72

Review The World of The Spanish Guitar / Universal Classics:


Review Decca / Verdi: Rigoletto
Tracks Verdi: Rigoletto
  • "Possente amor" - Luciano Pavarotti, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Questa o quella...Partite? Crudele!" - Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sherrill Milnes, Riccardo Cassinelli, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • Introduzione. "Della mia bella incognita borghese" - Luciano Pavarotti, Riccardo Cassinelli, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Gran nuova! Gran nuova!" - "Tutto è gioia, tutto è festa" (Scena e Coro) - Christian Du Plessis, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, John Gibbs, Riccardo Cassinelli, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Quel vecchio maledivami...Va, non ho niente" - Sherrill Milnes, Martti Talvela, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • Overture (Preludio) - London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Giovanni, ho dei rimorsi...E il sol dell'anima" - Joan Sutherland, Gillian Knight, Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • Scena ed Aria. "Povero Rigoletto!" "La rà, la rà" - Josephte Clement, Christian Du Plessis, Sherrill Milnes, John Gibbs, Riccardo Cassinelli, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Duca, duca!" (Scena) - "Scorrendo uniti" (Coro) - Christian Du Plessis, John Gibbs, Riccardo Cassinelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Zitti, zitti...Soccorso, padre mio" - Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • Scena e Canzona. "E l'ami!" - Sherrill Milnes, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Martti Talvela, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Mio padre!...Compiuto pur quanto" - Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, Christian Du Plessis, John Gibbs, Riccardo Cassinelli, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Ch'io gli parti...Voi congiuraste contro noi" - Clifford Grant, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Bella figlia dell'amore" - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Sherrill Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Ella mi fu rapita...Parmi veder le lagrime" - Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Della vendetta alfin...Chi è mai" - Sherrill Milnes, Martti Talvela, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • Scena e Coro - Finale I. "Riedo!... Perché?" - Sherrill Milnes, Riccardo Cassinelli, John Gibbs, Christian Du Plessis, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Cortigiani, vil razza dannata...Ebben piango" - Sherrill Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Schiudete, ire al carcere" - John Noble, Clifford Grant, Sherrill Milnes, Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Veglia, o donna, questa fior" - Sherrill Milnes, Joan Sutherland, Gillian Knight, Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Venti scudi hai tu detto" - Sherrill Milnes, Martti Talvela, Luciano Pavarotti, Huguette Tourangeau, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Ah, più non ragiono!..." - Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Martti Talvela, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Figlia..Mio padre!"..."Quanto dolor" - Sherrill Milnes, Joan Sutherland, Gillian Knight, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "La donna è mobile" - "E là il vostr'uomo" - Luciano Pavarotti, Martti Talvela, Sherrill Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • Scena ed Aria. "Gualtier Maldè" - "Caro nome" - Joan Sutherland, Riccardo Cassinelli, John Gibbs, Christian Du Plessis, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • Quartetto. "Un dì, se ben rammentomi" - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Sherrill Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • Scena e Duetto. "Pari siamo" - Sherrill Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "V'ho ingannato" - "Lassù... in cielo" - Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
  • "Che m'ami, deh, ripetimi" - "Addio... speranza ed anima" - Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, John Gibbs, Riccardo Cassinelli, Gillian Knight, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Publisher: Decca
Release date: 1985-05-02
Run time: 117 min.
Creator: Giuseppe Verdi
RRP: £22.99
Price: £12.80

Review Verdi: Rigoletto / Decca:

This Rigoletto has been around for so long it might be easy to take it for granted or skip it for a newer set. Don't! It features all three principals in superb voice, as well as pacing from Bonynge that is much heavier on drama than most of us expect from him. Sutherland may sound a bit mature (and mush-mouthed) for Gilda, but not only is she sympathetic, she sings gorgeously. And speaking of gorgeous, those familiar only with the Pavarotti of latter years would be wise to hear him here-this is stylish, full-blooded, Golden Age singing. The beautifully round tone, the easy high notes, the impeccable diction, and the pointed characterisation are unique. Milnes, in the title role, is also in splendid voice, offering smooth legato, brilliant, Verdian ring and real attention to the text. The analogue sound is excellent. No other modern recording offers the visceral thrill of this Rigoletto-go for it. -Robert Levine.

Review Chandos / Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea
Tracks Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea
  • Riders To The Sea: He's Gone Now, God Spare Us
  • Riders To The Sea: Where Is She?
  • Household Music: III Aberystwyth: Variations - Theme: Lento
  • Flos campi: V Revertere
  • Household Music: II St. Denio: Scherzo - Allegro vivace
  • Riders To The Sea: They Are All Gone Now
  • Flos campi: II Iam enim hiems transit
  • Riders To The Sea: Wait, Nora, Maybe She'd Turn Back Quickly
  • Riders To The Sea: Bartley Will Be Lost Now
  • Household Music: I Crug-Y-Bar: Fantasia - Andante sostenuto
  • Riders To The Sea: Isn't It Turf Enough You Have
  • Flos campi: VI Pone me ut signaculum super cor tuum
  • Riders To The Sea: You Didn't Give Him His Bit Of Bread?
  • Flos campi: I Sicut Lilium inter spinas
  • Riders To The Sea: Where Is The Bit Of New Rope, Cathleen
  • Flos campi: IV En lectulum Salomonis sexaginta fortes ambiunt
  • Riders To The Sea: I Went Down To The Spring Well
  • Riders To The Sea: And May He Have Mercy On My Soul
  • Flos campi: III Quaesivi quem diligit anima mea
Publisher: Chandos
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 79 min.
Creator: Karl Morgan Daymond
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.15

Review Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea / Chandos:


Review Classics / Beethoven: Complete Symphonies
Tracks Beethoven: Complete Symphonies
  • Symphony No. 5 In C Minor Op.67: II. Andante con moto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No.7 In A Major Op.92: I. Poco Sostenuto - Vivace - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 6 In F Major 'Pastorale' Op.68: II. Andante molto moto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 6 In F Major 'Pastorale' Op.68: IV. Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No.7 In A Major Op.92: II. Allegretto - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Op.125: I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Op.125: IV. Presto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No.4 In B FLat Major Op.60: IV. Allegro ma non troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 8 In F Major Op.93: III. Tempo Di Menuetto - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36: IV. Allegro molto - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 1 In C Major, Op. 21: IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36: III. Scherzo. Allegro - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major Op.55: Finale - Allegro molto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No.4 In B FLat Major Op.60: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 6 In F Major 'Pastorale' Op.68: I. Allegro ma non troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Op.125: III. Adagio Molto E Cantabile - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 8 In F Major Op.93: IV. Allegro Vivace - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Op.125: VI. Allegro Assai Vivace Marcia-End Beethoven's Original - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 8 In F Major Op.93: II. Allegretto Scherzando - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Op.125: II. Molto Vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 5 In C Minor Op.67: IV. Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major Op.55: I. Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 1 In C Major, Op. 21: III. Menuetto - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 1 In C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36: II. Larghetto - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 1 In C Major, Op. 21: II. Andante cantabile con moto - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major Op.55: II. Marcia funebre - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No.7 In A Major Op.92: IV. Allegro Con Brio - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 6 In F Major 'Pastorale' Op.68: III. Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No.4 In B FLat Major Op.60: II. Adagio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No.7 In A Major Op.92: III. Presto - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major Op.55: III. Scherzo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36: I. Adagio molto - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No.4 In B FLat Major Op.60: III. Allegro vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Op.125: V. Allegro Assai Vivace Marcia-End - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 8 In F Major Op.93: I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio - L.V. Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 5 In C Minor Op.67: III. Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 6 In F Major 'Pastorale' Op.68: V. Allegretto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 5 In C Minor Op.67: I. Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Publisher: Classics
Release date: 2003-04-01
Creator: Detlef Roth
RRP: £24.99
Price: £12.36

Review Beethoven: Complete Symphonies / Classics:


Review Great Recordings of the Century / Verdi: Don Carlo
Tracks Verdi: Don Carlo
  • E Lui! Desso! I'Infante
  • Lo La Vidi Al Suo Sorriso
  • Ah! Sii Maledtto, Sospetto Fatale
  • Nell'ispano Suol Mai L'eresia Domino
  • Ciel! Non E La Regina
  • A Dio Voi Foste Infidi, Infidi Al Vostro Re
  • Carlo, Ch'e Sol Il Nostro Amore
  • Ma Lassu Ci Vedremo
  • Il Corteggio Reale
  • Su, Cacciator! Pronti O La Belva
  • O Carlo, Ascolta, La Madre T'aspetta
  • Introduzione
  • Il Re!...Perche Sola E La Regina?
  • Al Chiostro Di San Giusto
  • O Mia Regina, Io T'tmmolai
  • Preludio
  • Quest'e La Pace Che Voi Date Al Mondo?
  • Preludio
  • Ah! Piu Non Vedro La Regina! O Don Fatale, O Don Crude!
  • Spuntato Ecco Il Di D'esultanza
  • Tu Che La Vanita
  • Mio Carlo, A Te La Spada Io Rendo
  • Sotto Ai Folti, Immensi Abeti
  • Ed Io, Che Tremava Al Suo Aspetto!
  • Vi Benedica, Iddio Dal Ciel!
  • Tu Che Le Vanita
  • Dormiro Sol Nel Manto Mio Regal
  • Che Mai Si Fa Nel Suol Francese
  • Il Grand'Inquisitor!
  • A Mezzanotte, Ai Giardin Della Regina
  • Al Mio Pie', Perche?
  • La Regina!...Un'arcana Mestizia
  • Al Mio Furor, Sfuggite Invano
  • Ella Giammai M'amo!
  • Lo Vengo A Domandar
  • Restate! Al Mio Regal Cospetto
  • Carlo Il Sommo Imperatore
  • Sire! Egli E Tempo Ch'io Viva!
  • Che Parli Tu Di Morte?
  • Si, Per Sempre!
  • O Ciel! Tu! Rodrigo!
  • Oso Lo Sguardo Tuo Penetrar Il Mio Soglio
  • Mio Padre, Che Tra Noi La Pace Alberghi Ancor
  • Dio, Che Nell'alma Infonere Amor
  • O Signor, Di Fiandra Arrivo
  • Il Suon Del Sorno Alfin Nel Bosco Tace
  • Ah! Io Morro, Ma Lieto In Core
  • Addio! Addio, Bei Sogni D'or
  • Inni De Festa Lieti Echeggiate
  • Nei Giardin Del Bello Saracin Ostello
  • Questo Arcano Dal Re Non Fu Sorpreso Ancora?
  • Carlo Qui Verra! Si!
  • E Dessa!...Un Detto, Un Sol
  • L'ora Fatale E Suonata!
  • Perduto Ben, Mio Sol Tesor
  • Introduzione
  • Di Quale AMor, Di Quanto Ardor
  • Oh! Carlo! Oh! Carlo!
  • Che Disse Mai?
  • Ardita Troppo Voi Favellate!
  • Giustizia, Giustizia, Sire!
  • Pieta! Pieta! Perdon!
  • Per Me Giunto E Il Di Supremo
  • Carlo! Se Mai Su Te Fogli Importanti Serbi
  • Son Io, Mio Carlo
  • Trema Por Te, Falso Figiuolo
  • Nel Posar Sul Mio Capo La Corona
  • Tra Queste Mura Pie La Regina Di Spagna
  • Il Glorioso Re Di Francia
  • Non Pianger, Mia Compagna
  • Fontainebleu! Foresta Immensa E Solitaria!
  • Schiusa Or Sia La Porta Del Tempio!
  • Al Fedel Ch'ora Viene, O Signora
  • Vago Sogno M'arrise
Publisher: Great Recordings of the Century
Release date: 2000-09-04
Creator: Montserrat Caballé
RRP: £29.99
Price: £15.81

Review Verdi: Don Carlo / Great Recordings of the Century:


Review Double Decca / Vivaldi : Gloria (Nulla in mundo pax sincera)
Tracks Vivaldi : Gloria (Nulla in mundo pax sincera)
  • 1. "Nisi Dominus" (Allegro) - James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
  • O quanti amanti - Catherine Bott, New London Consort, Philip Pickett
  • In qual strano...Se a me rivolge il ciglio - Emma Kirkby, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
  • 5. "Sicut sagittae" (Allegro) - James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
  • 2.Vanum est vobis. 3.Surgite postquam sederitis - James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
  • Allegro: Domini fili unigenite - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • Allegro: Qui sedes ad dexteram patris - Carolyn Watkinson, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • Blande colore...Spirat anguis inter flores - Emma Kirkby, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • Et in terra pax - The Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston
  • Portando in sen l'ardor - Catherine Bott, New London Consort, Philip Pickett
  • Propter magnum gloriam - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • All'ombra di sospetto - Catherine Bott, New London Consort, Philip Pickett
  • Allegro: Quoniam tu solus sanctus - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • 7. Gloria Patris. 8. Sicut erat in principio 9. Amen - James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
  • Allegro: Laudamus te - Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • Allegro: Cum Sancto Spiritu - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • 4. Alleluia (Allegro) - Emma Kirkby, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • Trio Sonata in B minor for 2 Violins and Continuo, Op.1/11 , RV 79 "La Follia" - The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
  • 6. "Beatus vir" (Andante) - James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
  • Amor, hai vinto...Passo di pena in pena - Emma Kirkby, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
  • Lungi dal vago volto - Catherine Bott, New London Consort, Philip Pickett
  • 1. Nulla in mundo pax (Larghetto) - Emma Kirkby, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • Gloria in excelsis - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • Adagio: Domine Deus, Agnus Dei - Carolyn Watkinson, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • Alle grezza mio core - Catherine Bott, New London Consort, Philip Pickett
  • Largo: Domine Deus, Rex Coelestis - Judith Nelson, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • 4. "Cum dederit" (Andante) - James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
  • Vengo a voi luci adorate - Catherine Bott, New London Consort, Philip Pickett
  • Adagio - Allegro: Gratias agimus tibi - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
  • Adagio - Allegro: Qui tollis peccata mundi - Simon Preston, Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music
Publisher: Double Decca
Release date: 1997-11-10
Run time: 114 min.
Creator: James Bowman
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.33

Review Vivaldi : Gloria (Nulla in mundo pax sincera) / Double Decca:


Review Donnie McClurkin / Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Tracks Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
  • Draw Me Close/I Am Thine Oh Lord (Draw Me Nearer)
  • Blood Sermon
  • Great And Mighty Is Our God
  • Jesus Medley: I Love Jesus/I Love The Lord/Bless That Wonderful Name Of Jesus
  • Blood Medley: At The Cross/Down At The Cross (Glory To His Name)/Are You Washed
  • Ooh Child
  • I Love To Praise Him
  • Untitled
  • Awesome God
  • I Will Sing
  • Only You Are Holy
  • Total Praise
  • Jesus Medley: I Love Jesus/I Love The Lord/Bless That Wonderful Name Of Jesus
  • I Love To Praise Him
  • Church Medley: We've Come This Far By Faith/I Will Trust InThe Lord
  • Days Of Elijah
  • Untitled
  • Agnus Dei
  • Saciame Senor Yo Se Que Estas Aqui
  • Language Medley
  • I Call You Faithful
Publisher: Verity
Release date: 2005-03-31
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.48

Review Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs / Donnie McClurkin:


Review Original Soundtrack / A Clockwork Orange
Tracks A Clockwork Orange
  • William Tell
  • Beethoviana
  • March
  • Singin' In The Rain
  • Ninth Symphony (2)
  • Thieving Magpie
  • Ninth Symphony
  • Pomp And Circumstance
  • Timesteps
  • Pomp And Circumstance
  • Overture To The Sun
  • Suicide Scherzo
  • Clockwork Orange - Various Artists
  • William Tell
  • I Want To Marry A Lighthouse Keeper
Publisher: Warner
Release date: 2000-03-13
Run time: 46 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £16.99

Review A Clockwork Orange / Original Soundtrack:

This music, like Stanley Kubrick's controversial film and the book by Anthony Burgess on which it was based, has a strange timelessness, seeming to exist in an immediate future that never quite arrives yet has always been with us. Music is central to the whole concept of the story, in that the violent impulses of the delinquent Alex are inseparably bound up with the emotional force of the music he loves, notably Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. At the same time, Alex's debased moral values are reflected in the debased aesthetic values of the world he lives in. All this is manifest in the music featured in the film, which mixes bona fide classical excerpts with perverse, fizzy electronic versions and original pieces. These are mainly by the pre-Wendy Walter Carlos, doyen(ne) of the classical synthesiser whose Switched-On Bach defined the genre, and are spookily jarring in their effectiveness. Scariest of all, perhaps, is Gene Kelly's classic rendition of "Singin' in the Rain" that provides a rhythmic accompaniment to one of Alex's assaults. If you've experienced the film, or the book or intend to do either, you'll want this disc. -Roger Thomas.

Review Nigel Hess / TV Themes Of Nigel Hess
Tracks TV Themes Of Nigel Hess
  • A Woman of Substance
  • Titmuss Regained
  • The London Embassy
  • Classic Adventure
  • Testament
  • Maigret
  • The One Game
  • Just William
  • Chimera
  • Perfect Scoundrels
  • Growing Pains
  • Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
  • All Passion Spent
  • An Ideal Husband
  • Badger
  • An Affair in Mind
  • Vanity Fair
  • Vidal in Venice
  • Summer's Lease
  • Dangerfield
  • Every Woman Knows a Secret
  • Us Girls
  • Anna of the Five Towns
  • Atlantis
  • Campion
  • Wycliffe
  • A Hundred Acres
Publisher: Chandos
Release date: 2001-04-02
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.68

Review TV Themes Of Nigel Hess / Nigel Hess:


Review Universal Classics / Brahms: Symphony No.4
Tracks Brahms: Symphony No.4
  • 4. Allegro energico e passionato - Più allegro
  • 3. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto - Tempo I
  • 1. Allegro non troppo
  • 2. Andante moderato
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 1998-09-07
Run time: 40 min.
Creator: Carlos Kleiber
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.57

Review Brahms: Symphony No.4 / Universal Classics:


Review Josquin Desprez / Tallis Scholars Sing Josquin
Tracks Tallis Scholars Sing Josquin
  • Credo
  • Kyrie
  • Gloria
  • Credo
  • Agnus Dei
  • Sanctus & Benedictus
  • Kyrie
  • Plainchant: Pange Lingua
  • Praeter Rerum Seriem
  • Gloria
  • Credo
  • Sanctus & Benedictus
  • Agnus Dei
  • Agnus Dei
  • Gloria
  • Agnus Dei
  • Kyrie
  • Gloria
  • Sanctus & Benedictus
  • Anonymous Chanson: L'homme Arme
  • Kyrie
  • Ave Maria 4w
  • Sanctus & Benedictus
  • Credo
Publisher: Gimell
Release date: 2006-02-27
Run time: 149 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.32

Review Tallis Scholars Sing Josquin / Josquin Desprez:


Review Virgin Records / Bryars: The Sinking of the Titanic: Jesus's Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Tracks Bryars: The Sinking of the Titanic: Jesus's Blood Never Failed Me Yet
  • Sinking Of The Titanic
  • Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Publisher: Virgin Records
Release date: 1998-06-15
Creator: Angela Bryars
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.86

Review Bryars: The Sinking of the Titanic: Jesus's Blood Never Failed Me Yet / Virgin Records:

Bryars's The Sinking of the Titanic is one of the oddest and at the same time most mesmerising works to come out of this end of the century. It began in 1972 as an abstract art piece that kept on building and changing in the composer's mind. It's a ghostly tapestry of eerie echoes, distant sounds almost like whale songs, and interjected rifts representing the band that was playing even as the boat sank. This is a masterpiece that rewards repeated listening. -Paul Cook.

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