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Review Universal Classics / Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2
Tracks Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2
  • 2. Allegro appassionato
  • 4. Allegretto grazioso - Un poco più presto
  • 1. Allegro non troppo
  • 3. Andante - Più adagio
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2000-05-22
Run time: 49 min.
Creator: Maurizio Pollini
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.53

Review Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 / Universal Classics:

The piano concerto was no bravura lollipop to Brahms, who elevated concertos almost to the status of symphonies. But his two piano concertos are certainly not lacking in drama or virtuosity and they are given with edge-of-the-seat vitality here by two of music's giants-or three if you count the orchestra, the mighty Berlin Philharmonic, playing superbly. Perhaps the immediacy of the readings is heightened by the fact that both recordings are taken from live performances: the first concerto in the Vienna Musikverein in 1997 and the second in the Berlin Philharmonie in 1995. And if live performances conjures up thoughts of audiences making unsolicited contributions, don't worry. Either the Austrian and German audiences were particularly well behaved or the DG engineers have done miracles, because there is not so much as a single hand-clap, let alone any coughing and spluttering. As two Italians, Abbado and Pollini can be expected to turn in spirited performances, which they certainly do. But these are also thoughtful readings that will long outlive the appeal of more showy interpretations. -Keith Clarke.

Review Naxos / Byrd - Sacred Choral Works
Publisher: Naxos
Release date: 1993-12-31
Creator: Oxford Camerata
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.85

Review Byrd - Sacred Choral Works / Naxos:


Review EMI / Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos
Tracks Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 In F Major, K 37: I. Allegro
  • Piano Concert No. 14 In E Flat Major, K 449: III. Allegro ma non troppo
  • Piano Concerto No. 27 In B Flat Major, K 595: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 26 In D Major, K 537 'Coronation': II. Larghetto
  • Piano Concerto No. 6 In B Flat Major, K 238: III. Rondeau (Allegro) - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 13 In C Major, K 415: II. Andante
  • Concert Rondo For Piano And Orchestra No. 1 In D Major, K 382
  • Piano Concerto No. 15 In B Flat Major, K 450: II. Andante
  • Piano Concerto No. 12 In A Major, K 414: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 12 In A Major, K 414: II. Andante - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 23 In A Major, K 488: II. Adagio
  • Piano Concerto No. 6 In B Flat Major, K 238: I. Allegro aperto - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 26 In D Major, K 537 'Coronation': III. Allegretto
  • Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Major, K 40: III. Presto
  • Piano Concerto No. 16 In D Major, K 451: III. Allegro di molto - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 22 In E Flat Major, K 482: III. Rondo: Allegro - Cadenza (Edwin Fischer) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 25 In C Major, K 503: II. Andante
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major, K 39: III. Molto allegro
  • Piano Concerto No. 9 In E Flat Major, K 271: III. Rondeau: Presto - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 15 In B Flat Major, K 450: III. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 17 In G Major, K453: II. Andante - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor, K 466: II. Romanze
  • Piano Concerto No. 6 In B Flat Major, K 238: II. Andante un poco adagio - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 23 In A Major, K 488: III. Allegro assai
  • Piano Concerto No. 5 In D Major, K 175: III. Allegro - Cadenza (Barenboim) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Major, K 40: I. Allegro maestoso - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 15 In B Flat Major, K 450: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 5 In D Major, K 175: II. Andante ma un poco adagio - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 26 In D Major, K 537 'Coronation': I. Allegro - Cadenza (Wanda Landowska) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 9 In E Flat Major, K 271: II. Andantino - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 16 In D Major, K 451: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor, K 466: I. Allegro - Cadenza - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 22 In E Flat Major, K 482: II. Andante
  • Piano Concerto No. 25 In C Major, K 503: I. Allegro meastoso - Cadenza (Barenboim) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 8 In C Major, K 246 'Lutzow': I. Allegro aperto - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 21 In C Major, K 467: II. Andante
  • Piano Concerto No. 12 In A Major, K 414: III. Allegretto - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 13 In C Major, K 415: III. Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
  • Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major, K 413: I. Allegretto - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 19 In F Major, K 459: III. Allegro assai - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 In F Major, K 37: III. Rondo - Cadenza (Barenboim) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major, K 39: I. Allegro spiritoso - Cadenza (Barenboim) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major, K 413: III. Tempo di Menuetto
  • Piano Concerto No. 17 In G Major, K453: III. Allegretto
  • Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Major, K41: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Barenboim) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concert No. 14 In E Flat Major, K 449: II. Andantino
  • Piano Concerto No. 27 In B Flat Major, K 595: III. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 27 In B Flat Major, K 595: II. Larghetto
  • Piano Concerto No. 13 In C Major, K 415: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 23 In A Major, K 488: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Major, K41: II. Andante
  • Piano Concerto No. 22 In E Flat Major, K 482: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Barenboim) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 In F Major, K 37: II. Andante - Cadenza (Barenboim) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 25 In C Major, K 503: I. Allegretto
  • Piano Concerto No. 9 In E Flat Major, K 271: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major, K 39: II. Andante
  • Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Major, K41: III. Molto allegro - Cadenza (Barenboim) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor, K 491: II. Larghetto
  • Piano Concerto No. 18 In B Flat Major, K 456: II. Andante un poco sostenuto
  • Piano Concerto No. 21 In C Major, K 467: III. Allegro vivace assai - Cadenza (Barenboim) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Major, K 40: II. Andante
  • Piano Concerto No. 18 In B Flat Major, K 456: III. Allegro vivace - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 8 In C Major, K 246 'Lutzow': II. Andante - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 16 In D Major, K 451: II. Andante
  • Piano Concerto No. 18 In B Flat Major, K 456: I. Allegro vivace - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concert No. 14 In E Flat Major, K 449: I. Allegro vivace - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 5 In D Major, K 175: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major, K 413: II. Largetto - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor, K 491: I. Allegro spiritoso - Cadenza - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 17 In G Major, K453: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart, arr. Barenboim) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 19 In F Major, K 459: I. Allegro - Cadenza (Mozart) - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 8 In C Major, K 246 'Lutzow': III. Rondeau- Tempo di menuetto
  • Piano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor, K 491: III. Allegretto
  • Piano Concerto No. 21 In C Major, K 467: I. Allegro maestoso - Cadenza - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor, K 466: III. Rondeau: Allegro assai - Cadenza - Tempo I
  • Piano Concerto No. 19 In F Major, K 459: II. Allegretto
Publisher: EMI
Release date: 1998-09-28
Run time: 660 min.
Creator: Daniel Barenboim
RRP: £37.99
Price: £20.68

Review Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos / EMI:


Review London / Brahms: Complete Piano Works
Tracks Brahms: Complete Piano Works
  • 3. Scherzo (Allegro energico)
  • 3. Intermezzo in C
  • 4. Intermezzo in E major
  • 4. Intermezzo in B flat
  • 4. Intermezzo (Andante molto)
  • 2. Intermezzo in A
  • 3. Intermezzo in A flat
  • Hungarian Dance No.7 in F Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A
  • 2. in B flat minor
  • Hungarian Dance No.2 in D minor
  • 2. Andante espressivo
  • Variation I
  • 1. in E flat major
  • 5. Intermezzo in E minor
  • 5. Finale (Allegro moderato ma rubato)
  • 3. in C sharp minor
  • No.1 in D minor
  • 5. Romance in F
  • No.4 in B
  • Variations on an Original Theme in D, Op.21, No.1
  • 6. Intermezzo in E flat minor
  • Scherzo in E flat minor, Op.4
  • 2. Intermezzo in E minor
  • Variations on a Hungarian Song in D major, op.21, no.2
  • 2. Andante con espressione
  • No.3 in B minor
  • 3. Capriccio in G minor
  • Nos.1-8
  • 4. Intermezzo in F minor
  • No.2 in D
  • Hungarian Dance No.16 in F minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.6 in D flat
  • 1. Intermezzo in B minor
  • Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor
  • Variation II
  • 4. Finale (Allegro con fuoco)
  • Nos.9-16
  • Hungarian Dance No.3 in F
  • Variations on a theme by Schumann
  • Hungarian Dance No.19 in B minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • 1. Capriccio in F sharp minor
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Scherzo (Allegro molto e con fuoco)
  • 8. Capriccio in C
  • Hungarian Dance No.13 in D - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.8 in A minor
  • 4. Finale (Introduzione. Sostenuto - Allegro non troppo e rubato)
  • 2. Capriccio in B minor
  • 6. Intermezzo in E major
  • Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor
  • 7. Intermezzo in A minor
  • 2. Intermezzo in A minor
  • 1. Intermezzo in A minor
  • Hungarian Dance No.17 in F sharp minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.14 in D minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.12 in D minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.21 in E minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • 4. Rhapsody in E flat
  • 3. Scherzo. Allegro
  • Hungarian Dance No.11 in D minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • 6. Intermezzo in A
  • 1. Allegro
  • Hungarian Dance No.18 in D - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24
  • Hungarian Dance No.10 in F
  • 7. Capriccio in d minor
  • 1. Allegro non troppo, ma energico
  • Hungarian Dance No.20 in E minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.15 in B flat - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.4 in F sharp minor
  • 3. Ballade in G minor
  • Hungarian Dance No.9 in E minor
  • Rhapsody in G minor, Op.79, No.2
  • 1. Allegro maestoso
  • 5. Capriccio in C sharp minor
  • Rhapsody in B minor, Op.79, No.1
  • 1. Capriccio in D minor
Publisher: London
Release date: 1997-11-10
Run time: 382 min.
Creator: Jean-Pierre Marty
RRP: £29.99
Price: £17.53

Review Brahms: Complete Piano Works / London:


Review George Frideric Handel / Mark Padmore - As steals the morn (Handel arias & scenes for tenor)
Publisher: Harmonia Mundi
Release date: 2007-04-02
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.22

Review Mark Padmore - As steals the morn (Handel arias & scenes for tenor) / George Frideric Handel:


Review Lang Lang Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tracks Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 16
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 23
  • Variation 4
  • 1. Moderato
  • Variation 19
  • Variation 14
  • Variation 11
  • Variation 15
  • Variation 20
  • 2. Adagio sostenuto
  • Variation 20
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 4
  • 2. Adagio sostenuto
  • Variation 6
  • Variation 17
  • Variation 11
  • Variation 8
  • Variation 18
  • Variation 11
  • Variation 18
  • Variation 19
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 1
  • Theme
  • Variation 10
  • Variation 13
  • Variation 8
  • Variation 15
  • Variation 13
  • Variation 17
  • Variation 12
  • Variation 12
  • Variation 16
  • Variation 13
  • Variation 16
  • Variation 23
  • Variation 18
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 1
  • Introduction
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 12
  • Variation 6
  • Variation 10
  • Variation 23
  • Variation 20
  • Variation 15
  • Variation 1
  • 3. Allegro scherzando
  • Variation 24
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 21
  • Variation 6
  • Variation 19
  • Variation 14
  • 3. Allegro scherzando
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 9
  • Introduction
  • Variation 22
  • Variation 9
  • Theme
  • Variation 21
  • 1. Moderato
  • Variation 21
  • Introduction
  • 2. Adagio sostenuto
  • Variation 22
  • 3. Allegro scherzando
  • Variation 14
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 24
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 10
  • Variation 9
  • Variation 24
  • Variation 8
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 17
  • 1. Moderato
  • Theme
  • Variation 22
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2005-03-07
Run time: 181 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £8.80

Review Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini / Lang Lang Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev:


Review RCA Red Seal / Richard Strauss - (4) Last Songs; Songs with Orchestra
Tracks Richard Strauss - (4) Last Songs; Songs with Orchestra
  • Beim Schlafengehn
  • Waldseligkeit, Op. 49 No. 1
  • Im Abendrot
  • September
  • Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Suite
  • Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4
  • Fruhling
  • Cacilie, Op. 27 No. 2
  • Muttertandelei, Op. 43 No. 2
  • Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1
Publisher: RCA Red Seal
Release date: 2004-05-10
Run time: 69 min.
Creator: Renée Fleming
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.07

Review Richard Strauss - (4) Last Songs; Songs with Orchestra / RCA Red Seal:


Review RCA Red Seal / Copland - Appalachian Spring; Billy the Kid; Rodeo
Publisher: RCA Red Seal
Release date: 2005-03-14
Run time: 76 min.
Creator: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.00

Review Copland - Appalachian Spring; Billy the Kid; Rodeo / RCA Red Seal:


Review Classic FM / Music for Weddings
Tracks Music for Weddings
  • Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March
  • Elgar - Chanson de Matin
  • Bach – Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
  • Charpentier - Prelude to a Te Deum
  • Pachelbel - Canon in D for Strings
  • Parry - I was Glad
  • Handel - Lascia ch'io pianga (Let me Weep) from Rinaldo
  • Mozart - Exsultate Jubilate - Vivace (Alleluja)
  • Schubert - Ave Maria
  • Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
  • Gounod - Ave Maria
  • Wagner - Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
  • Bach - Air on the G String
  • Parry – Jerusalem
  • Franck - Panis Angelicus
  • Clarke - Prince of Denmark's March
  • Widor - Toccata (from Organ Symphony No.5)
  • Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine
  • Handel - Zadok the Priest
Publisher: Classic FM
Release date: 2006-02-20
Creator: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.87

Review Music for Weddings / Classic FM:


Review Richard & Sholom Secund Tucker / Secunda: Kol Nidre Service
Tracks Secunda: Kol Nidre Service
  • Kol Nidre Service: Adonoy, Adonoy
  • Kol Nidre Service: Vaani, S'filosi
  • Kol Nidre Service: Ki Hine Kachomer
  • Kol Nidre Service: B'rosh Hashono
  • Kol Nidre Service: Sh'ma Koleinu
  • Kol Nidre Service: Elohai Ad Shelo Notsarti
  • Kol Nidre Service: Kol Nidre
  • Kol Nidre Service: Ya-aleh
  • Kol Nidre Service: Koli Sh'ma (From 'Omnom Ken')
Publisher: Sony
Run time: 53 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.52

Review Secunda: Kol Nidre Service / Richard & Sholom Secund Tucker:


Review Bryn Terfel English Northern Philharmonia Paul Daniel / If Ever I Would Leave You
Tracks If Ever I Would Leave You
  • If Ever I Would Leave You [Camelot]
  • On the street where you live [My Fair Lady]
  • Get me to the church on time [My Fair Lady] - Bryn Terfel, Chorus Of Opera North, Martin Fitzpatrick, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
  • Come Back to Me [On a Clear Day (From: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever)]
  • There But for You I Go [Brigadoon]
  • There's Always One You Can't Forget [Dance a Little Closer]
  • On a Clear Day You Can See Forever [On a Clear Day (From: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever)]
  • She Wasn't You [On a Clear Day (From: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever)]
  • Hurry, It's Lovely up Here [On a Clear Day (From: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever)]
  • Camelot [Camelot]
  • This Is the Life
  • Little Prince
  • With a little bit of luck [My Fair Lady] - Bryn Terfel, Chorus Of Opera North, Martin Fitzpatrick, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
  • I Never Met a Rose
  • I Was Born under a Wand'rin' Star [Paint Your Wagon] - Bryn Terfel, Chorus Of Opera North, English Northern Philharmonia, Martin Fitzpatrick, Paul Daniel
  • How to Handle a Woman [Camelot]
  • They Call the Wind Maria [Paint Your Wagon] - Bryn Terfel, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel, Chorus Of Opera North, Martin Fitzpatrick
  • Here I'll Stay
  • I Talk to the Trees [Paint Your Wagon]
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: 1998-10-05
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.00

Review If Ever I Would Leave You / Bryn Terfel English Northern Philharmonia Paul Daniel:


Review EMI Classics / Mozart - Complete Piano Sonatas and Variations
Tracks Mozart - Complete Piano Sonatas and Variations
  • Variation 9: Adagio
  • Variation 8: Allegro
  • Variation 10: Allegretto
  • III: Allegretto
  • I: Allegro
  • Variation 2
  • II: Rondeau En Polonaise: Andante
  • Variation 4
  • Tempo Di Tema
  • Variation 2
  • III: Rondo
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 3
  • (Tempo I)
  • II: Andante
  • I: Allegro
  • Tema (Air): Allegretto
  • III: Allegretto
  • Variation 2
  • (Tempo I)
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 6
  • II: Menuetto I - Menuetto II
  • III: Presto
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 3
  • I: Allegro Con Spirito
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 8: Tempo I
  • Variation 3
  • Tema (Menuet)
  • Allegretto
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 6
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 3
  • II: Andante Cantabile Con Espressione
  • II: Adagio
  • Variation 11
  • Variation 6
  • Tema (Air): Allegro
  • III: Allegro
  • Tema
  • Variation 8
  • II: Andante
  • Variation 11: Adagio
  • I: Allegro
  • Variation 6
  • II: Menuetto - Trio
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 10: Allegro
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 8: Tempo Di Menuetto
  • Variation 8: Adagio
  • Variation 5
  • I: Allegro
  • Variation 5
  • II: Adagio
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 12: Allegro
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 11: Adagio
  • III: Allegretto
  • Variation 9
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 6: Allegretto
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 5: Adagio
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 6
  • Variation 3
  • Tema: Allegretto
  • II: Andantino Con Espressione
  • Variation 6
  • III: Rondeau: Allegro
  • Variation 2
  • I: Allegro
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 8
  • Variation 2
  • Tema
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 12: Allegro
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 8: Allegro
  • (Tempo I)
  • Variation 10
  • II: Adagio
  • Variation 7
  • Tema ('Laat Ons Juichen'): Allegretto
  • II: Andante Cantabile
  • III: Presto
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 5
  • III: Allegro Assai
  • Variation 12: Presto
  • Variation 5
  • II: Andante
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 3
  • I: Allegro Moderato
  • I: Molto Allegro
  • Variation 12: Molto Adagio
  • Variation 9
  • Variation 11: Adagio
  • Variation 5
  • Tema: Andante
  • Adagio - Allegro - Andantino - Piu Allegro - Tempo I
  • Variation 6: Tempo I
  • Variation 5
  • I: Allegro Maestoso
  • Variation 6
  • II: Adagio
  • Variation 4
  • I: Allegro
  • I: Tema (Andante Grazioso) Con Variazioni (I-VI)
  • (Tempo I)
  • Variation 2
  • I: Adagio
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 9
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 8
  • Variation 9
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 12: Allegro
  • Variation 9: Allegro
  • Variation 8: Adagio
  • I: Allegro
  • III: Rondeau: Allegretto Grazioso
  • I: Allegro Con Spirito
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 6
  • Variation 1
  • III: Presto
  • Variation 7: Adagio
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 9
  • Variation 7
  • Tema: Allegretto
  • Tema (Menuetto): Andante
  • III: Rondeau: Allegro
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 6
  • I: Allegro
  • Variation 7
  • I: Allegro Assai
  • II: Andante Cantabile
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 7: Adagio
  • I: Allegro Moderato
  • Variation 8
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 1
  • Tema
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 5
  • Tema
  • Tema
  • Variation 4
  • II: Andante Cantabile
  • Variation 10
  • Variation 4
  • III: Tema (Andante) Con Variazioni (I-XII)
  • II: Adagio
  • Variation 6
  • III: Allegretto Grazioso
  • Variation 9: Allegro
  • Tema
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 5: Adagio
  • Tema: Allegretto
  • II: Andante Amoroso
  • I: Allegro
  • Variation 7: Adagio
  • Variation 6
  • III: Allegro
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 2
  • III: Allegro Assai
  • II: Andante Un Poco Adagio
  • III: Allegretto
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 11: Adagio
  • Variation 10
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 10
  • Variation 6
  • Variation 4
  • III: Alla Turca: Allegretto
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 6
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 8
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 2000-10-09
Run time: 538 min.
Creator: Daniel Barenboim
RRP: £33.99
Price: £19.72

Review Mozart - Complete Piano Sonatas and Variations / EMI Classics:


Review Lotte Lenya / Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
Tracks Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
  • Happy End: 'Bilbao-Song'
  • Berlin Requiem: 'Ballad of the Drowned Girl'
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust (Moderato)
  • The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahoganny: 'As You Make Your Bed'
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger (Molto agitato)
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Idleness (Allegro vivace)
  • The Threepenny Opr: 'Barbarasong'
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice (Allegro giusto)
  • The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahoganny: 'Havanna-Lied'
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Prologue (Andante sostenuto
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony (Largo)
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Epilogue (Andante sostenuto)
  • The Silverlake, A Winter's Tale: 'Ballad of Caesar'
  • The Threepenny Opr: 'Pirate Jenny'
  • The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahoganny: 'Alabama-Song'
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy (Allegro non troppo-Alla macia, un poco tenuto)
  • The Threepenny Opr: 'Mack the Knife'
  • Happy End: 'Surabaya-Johnny'
  • Happy End: 'The Sailors' Tango'
  • The Silverlake, A Winter's Tale: 'I Am a Poor Relative'
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride (Allegretto, quasi andantino-Schneller Walzer)
Publisher: Sony Classics
Release date: 1998-01-05
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.99

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Review London Symphony Orchestra / Elgar - Orchestral Works
Tracks Elgar - Orchestral Works
  • II. Allegro Molto -
  • I. Sea Slumber-Song
  • II. Larghetto
  • VI. Ysobel (Isabel Fitton)
  • No. 3 In C Minor
  • Introduction And Allegro Op. 47
  • Interlude: Gloucestershire. Shallow's Orchard (Allegretto) - The New King - The Hurried Ride To London
  • II. Eastcheap - Gadshill - The Boar's Head, Revelry And Sleep
  • No. 2 In A Minor
  • III. R.B.T. (Richard Baxter Townshend)
  • IV. Moderato E Maestoso
  • I. Falstaff And Prince Henry
  • II. H.D.S.P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell)
  • IV. King Henry V's Progress - The Repudiation Of Falstaff, And His Death
  • IV. Lento - Allegro
  • Dream Interlude: 'Jack Falstaff, Now Sir John, A Boy, And Page To Thomas Mowbray, Duke Of Norfolk'
  • IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro Ma Non Troppo
  • III. Adagio
  • XIII. Romanza: *** (Lady Mary Lygon)
  • Sospiri Op. 70
  • II. Larghetto
  • No. 4 In G
  • I. C.A.E. (Caroline Alice Elgar)
  • X. Intermezzo: Dorabella (Dora Penny)
  • No. 1 In D
  • II. In Haven (Capri)
  • V. The Swimmer
  • Cockaigne (In London Town) Concert Overture Op. 40
  • III. Adagio -
  • VIII. W.N. (Winifred Norbury)
  • III. Sabbath Morning At Sea
  • No. 5 In C
  • III. Rondo: Presto
  • IV. Where Corals Lie
  • Theme
  • III. Falstaff's March - The Return Through Gloucestershire -
  • Elegy Op. 58
  • IX. Nimrod (A.J. Jaeger)
  • II. Lento - Allegro Molto
  • Froissart Concert Overture Op. 19
  • XIV. Finale: E.D.U. (The Composer)
  • VII. Troyte (Troyte Griffith)
  • I. Adagio - Moderato -
  • I. Allegro Piacevole
  • I. Andante, Nobilmente E Semplice - Allegro
  • I. Allegro Vivace E Nobilmente
  • IV. W.M.B. (William Meath Baker)
  • XI. G.R.S. (George Robertson Sinclair)
  • III. Allegretto - Come Prima
  • V. R.P.A. (Richard Penrose Arnold)
  • XII. B.G.N. (Basil G. Nevinson)
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 2006-10-02
Run time: 324 min.
Creator: Allegri Quartet
RRP: £19.99
Price: £10.00

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Review Universal Classics / Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Tracks Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
  • Introduction
  • Procession of the Sage
  • Dance of the Earth
  • Introduction
  • Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)
  • Glorification of the Chosen One
  • The Augurs of Spring: Dances of the Young Girls
  • Ritual of the Rival Tribes
  • Ritual of Abduction
  • The Sage
  • Evocation of the Ancestors
  • Spring Rounds
  • Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
  • Le Poème de l'Extase, Op.54
  • Ritual Action of the Ancestors
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2001-09-07
Run time: 55 min.
Creator: St Petersburg Kirov Orchestra
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.48

Review Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Universal Classics:

Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy are, in many ways, the perfect coupling. Both works are, in their way, extreme, and both works suit Gergiev's unparalleled ability for penetrating to the heart of a score. He paints the Rite of Spring in vivid, almost garish colours, at all times reading the score afresh. Philips' superb recording successfully conveys both the visceral impact of "Spring Rounds" and the sheer raw energy of "Augurs of Spring". There is a sense of inevitability about the "Ritual Dance of the Ancestors"; the Sacrificial Dance, which follows, has its tension heightened because of (rather than despite) Gergiev's slightly deliberate tread. Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy is late romanticism writ large. Above and beyond the perfumed sonorities, Gergiev identifies and projects an underlying disquiet, from the dark trumpet figures through to the shattering climax. At times the Kirov Orchestra is positively luminous. It is Gergiev's long-range grasp of the piece that is most impressive: the resultant cumulative effect is close to overpowering. -Colin Clarke.

Review Sony Classical / Simon Keenlyside - Tales of Opera
Publisher: Sony Classical
Release date: 2007-10-01
Creator: Munich Radio Orchestra
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.34

Review Simon Keenlyside - Tales of Opera / Sony Classical:


Review Unicorn Kanchana / A Celebration of Scotland
Tracks A Celebration of Scotland
  • Seven Songs Home: At The Lochan
  • Renaissance Scottish Dances: Currant
  • Yesnaby Ground
  • Seven Songs Home: At The Shore
  • Lullaby For Lucy
  • Dances From 'The Two Fiddlers'
  • Renaissance Scottish Dances: Last Time I Came Over The Mure
  • Renaissance Scottish Dances: Sweit Smyling Katie Loves Me (With Ladie Louthian's Lilte)
  • Jimmack The Postie
  • Seven Songs Home: Cold Tractor
  • Renaissance Scottish Dances: Ane Exempill Of Tripla
  • Farewell To Stromness
  • Renaissance Scottish Dances: Remember Me My Deir
  • Seven Songs Home: Tractor Ride
  • Seven Songs Home: The Heather Track
  • Seven Songs Home: Home
  • Renaissance Scottish Dances: Intrada
  • Renaissance Scottish Dances: Almayne
  • An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise
  • Seven Songs Home: Home-Time At Last
  • Kinloche, His Fantassie
Publisher: Unicorn Kanchana
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 66 min.
Creator: George MacIlwham
RRP: £15.99
Price: £12.47

Review A Celebration of Scotland / Unicorn Kanchana:


Review Encore / Beethoven - Clarinet Trio; Brahms - Clarinet Sonatas
Tracks Beethoven - Clarinet Trio; Brahms - Clarinet Sonatas
  • II Andante Un Poco Adagio
  • I Allegro Amabile
  • II ADagio
  • I Allegro Con Brio
  • III Andante Con Moto
  • IV Vicace
  • I Allegro Appassioonato
  • II Allegro Appassionato
  • III Allegretto Grazioso
  • III Allegretto
Publisher: Encore
Release date: 2006-06-05
Run time: 64 min.
Creator: Ludwig van Beethoven
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.73

Review Beethoven - Clarinet Trio; Brahms - Clarinet Sonatas / Encore:


Review Herbert von Karajan / Holst: The Planets
Tracks Holst: The Planets
  • 7. Neptune, the Mystic - Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, RIAS Kammerchor, Uwe Gronostay
  • 6. Uranus, the Magician
  • 3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
  • 5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
  • 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
  • 1. Mars, the Bringer of War
  • 2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: 1993-04-05
Run time: 52 min.
Creator: Gustav Holst
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.03

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Review Lang Lang / Memory
Tracks Memory
  • Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C sharp minor, S.244 - Arr. Vladimir Horowitz
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2006-06-12
Run time: 9 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.17

Review Memory / Lang Lang:


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Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2, Byrd - Sacred Choral Works, Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos, Brahms: Complete Piano Works, Mark Padmore - As steals the morn (Handel arias & scenes for tenor), Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Richard Strauss - (4) Last Songs; Songs with Orchestra, Copland - Appalachian Spring; Billy the Kid; Rodeo, Music for Weddings, Secunda: Kol Nidre Service, If Ever I Would Leave You, Mozart - Complete Piano Sonatas and Variations, Lenya Sings Kurt Weill, Elgar - Orchestral Works, Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Simon Keenlyside - Tales of Opera, A Celebration of Scotland, Beethoven - Clarinet Trio; Brahms - Clarinet Sonatas, Holst: The Planets, Memory

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