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Review Deutsche Grammophon / Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 4-7
Tracks Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 4-7
  • Allegro moderato - Presto
  • Vivace - Presto - Adagio - Largamente molto -
  • Allegro molto moderato - Allegro moderato -
  • Andante molto sostenuto - Gerhard Stempnik, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • 3. Il tempo largo
  • 4. Allegro
  • 1. Tempo molto moderato - Allegretto
  • 4. Allegro molto
  • 3. Poco vivace
  • 2. Allegretto moderato
  • 1. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
  • Tapiola, Op.112
  • 2. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
  • Vivacissimo - Adagio -
  • 1. Allegro molto moderato
  • 2. Allegro molto vivace
  • Adagio -
  • 3. Allegro molto
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: 1999-05-17
Run time: 148 min.
Creator: Jean Sibelius
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.40

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Review EMI Classics / Ian Bostridge - Great Handel
Tracks Ian Bostridge - Great Handel
  • Happy We (ACIS & GALETEA / duet with Kate Royal)
  • Love Sounds the Alarm (ACIS & GALATEA)
  • Cosi la tortorella OR Ecco il sol (LA RESURREZIONE)
  • Waft her, angels, through the sky (JEPHTHA)
  • A father offering up his only child (recit)
  • Love in Her Eyes (ACIS & GALATEA)
  • Ev'ry Valley (MESSIAH)
  • Comfort Ye (JEPHTHA)
  • Scherza Infida (SAMSON)
  • Total Eclipse (SAMSON)
  • Hide though thy hated beams (recit)
  • As Steals the Morn (L'ALLEGRO / duet with Kate Royal)
  • Doppo notte (ARIODANTE)
  • Fronde tenere - (recit)
  • Ombra mai fu (SERSE)
  • Where E're You Walk (SEMELE)
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 2007-07-16
Run time: 66 min.
Creator: Kate Royal
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.82

Review Ian Bostridge - Great Handel / EMI Classics:


Review Universal Classics / Rachmaninov: The Symphonies etc.
Tracks Rachmaninov: The Symphonies etc.
  • 3. Adagio
  • 1. Allegro ma non tanto (Silver Bells) - Ryszard Karcykowski, Chorus of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 2. Allegro animato
  • 3. Lento assai - Allegro vivace - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
  • 2. Adagio ma non troppo
  • 2. Lento (Golden Bells) - Natalia Troitskaya, Chorus of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 1. Grave - Allegro ma non troppo
  • 4. Lento lugubre (Iron Bell) - Tom Krause, Chorus of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • The Isle of the Dead, Op.29 - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
  • 3. Presto (Alarm Bells) - Chorus of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 2. Allegro molto
  • 2. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
  • 3. Allegro
  • 1. Lento - Allegro moderato
  • 3. Larghetto
  • 1. Largo - Allegro moderato
  • 4. Allegro vivace
  • 4. Allegro con fuoco
  • 1. Non allegro - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 1998-01-12
Run time: 230 min.
Creator: Tom Krause
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.01

Review Rachmaninov: The Symphonies etc. / Universal Classics:


Review Vikram Seth / An Equal Music / Verwandte Stimmen - Music From the Novel
Tracks An Equal Music / Verwandte Stimmen - Music From the Novel
  • 2. Tempo di minuetto - Maria João Pires, Augustin Dumay
  • Schubert: String Quartet in C major, D956 III Scherzo -- Trio
  • Schubert: Trout Quintet Forellenquintett, D667
  • Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor, op.104
  • Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
  • 1. Allegro - Maria João Pires, Augustin Dumay
  • Contrapunctus I - Rustem Hayroudinoff
  • 4. Fuga a 3 soggetti. Allegro - Hagen Quartett, Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt, Veronika Hagen, Clemens Hagen
  • Vivaldi: "Manchester Sonata" No.1 in C major, RV 3 III Largo -- Trio
  • 3. Largo - Philippe Honoré, Rustem Hayroudinoff
  • Allegro assai - Hagen Quartett
  • WA Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in E minor, K304/300c
  • 2. Adagio - Hagen Quartett, Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt, Veronika Hagen, Clemens Hagen
  • JS Bach: Contrapunctus 1 from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 for Piano
  • Contrapunctus I - Maya Iwabuchi, Philippe Honoré, Clive Howard, Sally Pendlebury
  • Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D703
  • JS Bach: Contrapunctus 1 from The Art of Fugue, BMV 1080 for string Quartet
  • Hadyn: Quartet in A major, op.20 no.6, Hob.III:36
  • 3. Menuet - Hagen Quartett, Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt, Veronika Hagen, Clemens Hagen
  • The Lark Ascending - Iona Brown, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
  • JS Bach: Partita No.3 in E major, BWV 1006 I Preludio
  • 3. Scherzo (Presto) - Trio (Andante sostenuto) - Mstislav Rostropovich, Melos Quartet
Publisher: Decca
Release date: 2000-01-17
Run time: 157 min.
Creator: Sally Pendlebury
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.98

Review An Equal Music / Verwandte Stimmen - Music From the Novel / Vikram Seth:

Vikram Seth's novel An Equal Music is as evocative a portrait of the world of chamber music as you could wish for, but Seth is the first to say that words "can only attempt to describe what cannot truly be described". This two-CD set adds the inevitably missing dimension to a great book, with performances of works which feature in the story. They include the world-premiere recording of Beethoven's String Quintet in C minor, an obscure work which is central to the plot. This, like the rest of the selection, is beautifully played and recorded, for this is not a collection of second-rate recordings cobbled together to suit the theme. Vikram Seth himself has chosen the performances and, with performers of the stature of Iona Brown and Andras Schiff, the playing is as good as it gets. Included in the selection is Schubert's celebrated "Trout" Quintet. If the book gives a taste for the music and vice versa, these CDs will also get us delving further into this delightful and infectious repertoire. -Keith Clarke.

Review Jean Sibelius / The Very Best of Sibelius
Tracks The Very Best of Sibelius
  • III. Alla Marcia - Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • En Saga, Op.9 - Adrian Leaper
  • Finlandia - Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Andante Festivo - Capella Istropolitana
  • No.2 The Carnation - Risto Lauriala
  • No.6 To Evening - Hannu Jurmu
  • III. The Swan Of Tuonela - Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • Prelude To Act I Scene 1, 'At The Castle Gate' - Patrick Gallois
  • III. Scherzo (Allegro) - Adrian Leaper
  • No.3 Dance Of The Nymphs - Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • III. Allegro Molto - Adrian Leaper
  • No.4 Reed, Reed, Rustle - Hannu Jurmu
  • II. Adagio Di Molto - Adrian Leaper
  • The Oceanides - Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • Valse Triste, Op.44 No.1 - Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
  • I. Intermezzo - Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • Pohjola's Daughter, Op.49 - Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • IV. Finale - Adrian Leaper
  • Romance, Op.42 - Capella Istropolitana
  • No.3 Comodo - Havard Gimse
Publisher: Naxos
Release date: 2006-11-06
Run time: 132 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.56

Review The Very Best of Sibelius / Jean Sibelius:


Review Legends / Nelson Mass
Tracks Nelson Mass
  • Gloria in Excelsis - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Quoniam tu solus sanctus - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Credo: Credo in unum Deum - Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
  • Sanctus - Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
  • Domine Deus, Agnus Dei - Janet Baker, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Domine Deus - Elizabeth Vaughan, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo - Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause, Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
  • Et in terra pax - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Laudamus Te - Elizabeth Vaughan, Janet Baker, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Kyrie - Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause, Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
  • Qui tollis - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem - Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
  • Gratias Agimus Tibi - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Qui sedes ad dexteram - Janet Baker, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei qui tollis - Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause, Simon Preston, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
  • Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1, HWV 258) - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Thurston Dart, David Willcocks
  • Credo: Et incarnatus est - Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause, Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
  • Propter Magnam Gloriam - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Gloria: Qui tollis - Sylvia Stahlman, Wilfred Brown, Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
  • Cum sancto spiritu - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Benedictus - Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause, Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
  • Credo: Et resurrexit - Sylvia Stahlman, Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
  • Domine Fili unigenite - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks
  • Gloria: Quoniam - Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause, Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
Publisher: Legends
Release date: 2000-02-28
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Tom Krause
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.27

Review Nelson Mass / Legends:


Review Göran Söllscher Patrick Gallois Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Rudolf Baumgartner / Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue
Tracks Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue
  • 3. Sarabande - Göran Söllscher
  • 6. Allegro - Patrick Gallois, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • 5. Pastorale (Largo) - Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner
  • 3. Largo - Patrick Gallois, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • 1. Allemande - Göran Söllscher
  • 1. Largo - Patrick Gallois, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • 1. Vivace - Grave - Allegro - Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner
  • 2. Courante - Göran Söllscher
  • 2. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner
  • 5. Il sonno (Largo) - Patrick Gallois, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • 2. Andante cantabile - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • 4. Presto - Patrick Gallois, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Canon and Gigue in D major - Eduard Kaufmann, Lucerne Festival Strings, Rudolf Baumgartner
  • 2. Menuetto - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • 4. Gigue - Göran Söllscher
  • Adagio - Eriko Sato, Edward Brewer, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • 4. Allegro - Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner
  • 3. Vivace - Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner
  • 2. Fantasmi (Presto) - Patrick Gallois, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2007-07-16
Run time: 54 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.82

Review Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue / Göran Söllscher Patrick Gallois Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Rudolf Baumgartner:


Review EMI / Mahler: Complete Symphonies
Tracks Mahler: Complete Symphonies
  • Symphony No. 3 In D Minor: Zweite Abteilung: V: Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Allegro deciso: Bei der Liebe, die den Fussen
  • Symphony No. 1 In D Major: IV: Sturmisch bewegt
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Allegro deciso: Hier ist die Aussicht frei
  • Symphony No. 4 In G Major: II: In gemachlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast
  • Symphony No. 6 In A Minor: II: Scherzo Wuchtig
  • Symphony No. 2 In C Minor 'Resurrection': II: Andante moderato
  • Symphony No. 9 In D Minor: II: Im Tempo eines gemachlichen Landlers. Etwas tappisch und sehr derb
  • Symphony No. 6 In A Minor: I: Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig aber markig
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': I. Teil. Hymnus: Allegro impetuoso: Gloria, Patri Domino
  • Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor: V: Rondo-Finale: Allegro
  • Symphony No. 4 In G Major: III: Ruhevoll
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Ausserst langsam. Adagissimo: Dir, der Unberuhrbaren
  • Symphony No. 2 In C Minor 'Resurrection': V: Im Tempo des Scherzos (Wild herausfahrend) - Langsam - Allegro energico - Langsam
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Allegro deciso: Hochste Herrscherin der Welt
  • Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor: II: Sturmisch bewegt, mit grosster Vehemenz
  • Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor: III: Scherzo: Schattenhaft
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Poco adagio: Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Fussen
  • Symphony No. 7 In E Minor: I: Langsam - Allegro
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': I. Teil. Hymnus: Allegro impetuoso: Infirma nostri corporis
  • Symphony No. 9 In D Minor: IV: Adagio: Sehr langsam und noch zuruckhaltend
  • Symphony No. 6 In A Minor: III: Andante moderato
  • Symphony No. 4 In G Major: I: Bedachtig. Nicht eilen
  • Symphony No. 10 In F Sharp Minor: I: Adagio
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': I. Teil. Hymnus: Allegro impetuoso: Imple superna gratia
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Allegro deciso: Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest
  • Symphony No. 7 In E Minor: IV: Nachtmusik II: Andante amoroso
  • Symphony No. 7 In E Minor: II: Nachtmusik I: Allegro moderato
  • Symphony No. 1 In D Major: III: Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
  • Symphony No. 2 In C Minor 'Resurrection': III: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung
  • Symphony No. 7 In E Minor: III: Scherzo: Schattenhaft
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Allegro deciso: Neige, neige, du Ohnegleiche
  • Symphony No. 9 In D Minor: III: Rondo-Burleske: Allegro assai. Sehr trotiz
  • Symphony No. 3 In D Minor: Zweite Abteilung: II: Tempo di Menuetto. Sehr massig
  • Symphony No. 3 In D Minor: Zweite Abteilung: IV: Sehr Langsam. Misterioso. Durchaus ppp
  • Symphony No. 9 In D Minor: I: Andante comodo
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Allegro deciso: Alles Vergangliche
  • Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor: IV: Adagietto: Sehr langsam
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': I. Teil. Hymnus: Allegro impetuoso: Accende lumen sensibus
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': I. Teil. Hymnus: Allegro impetuoso: Veni, creator spiritus
  • Symphony No. 1 In D Major: II: Kraftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
  • Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor: I: Trauermarsch
  • Symphony No. 1 In D Major: 1. Langsam. Schleppend - Im Anfang Sehr Gemachlich
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Poco adagio: Waldung sie schwankt heran
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': I. Teil. Hymnus: Veni, creator spiritus
  • Symphony No. 3 In D Minor: Zweite Abteilung: III: Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast
  • Symphony No. 7 In E Minor: V: Rondo - Finale: Tempo I (Allegro ordinario) - Tempo II (Allegro moderato ma energico)
  • Symphony No. 4 In G Major: IV: Sehr behaglich
  • Symphony No. 3 In D Minor: Qweite Abteilung: VI: Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden.
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Allegro deciso: Blicket auf zum Retterblick
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Poco adagio: Ewiger Wonnerbrand
  • Symphony No. 3 In D Minor: Erste Aabteilung: I: Kraftig. Entschieden
  • Symphony No. 2 In C Minor 'Resurrection': IV: Urlicht (Sehr feierlich aber schlicht)
  • Symphony No. 8 In E Flat Major 'Symphony Of A Thousand': II. Teil. Schlussszene 'Faust': Allegro deciso: Gerettet ist das edle Glied
  • Symphony No. 2 In C Minor 'Resurection': I: Adagio maestoso
  • Symphony No. 6 In A Minor: IV: Finale: Allegro moderato
Publisher: EMI
Release date: 1998-09-28
Run time: 738 min.
Creator: Lucia Popp
RRP: £37.99
Price: £23.02

Review Mahler: Complete Symphonies / EMI:


Review Universal Classics / Janacek: Operas; Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba
Tracks Janacek: Operas; Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba
  • Presel den, druhy, treti - Ivo Zidek, Richard Novak, Zdenek Sousek, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Dej Buh stesti - Elisabeth Söderström, Dalibor Jedlicka, Vera Soukupova, Wieslaw Ochman, Ivana Mixova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Co chvila ... co chvila - Eva Randová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Videt se s nim - Elisabeth Söderström, Jaroslav Soucek, Peter Dvorsky, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • 3. The prophecy and the death of Taras Bulba - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Tetko Koselnicko - Peter Dvorsky, Elisabeth Söderström, Eva Randová, Wieslaw Ochman, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Pantomime - Lucia Popp, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Co ty, Jenufo - Marie Mrazova, Peter Dvorsky, Elisabeth Söderström, Vaclav Zitek, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • A... A... Mily, mily Aljejo! - Zdenek Svehla, Dalibor Jedlicka, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Dalsi. Kdo mi co chce? - Vaclav Zitek, Elisabeth Söderström, Anna Czakova, Zdenek Svehla, Peter Dvorsky, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Nasli jsme Nasli! - Dalibor Jedlicka, Elisabeth Söderström, Peter Dvorsky, Vaclav Zitek, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Ze nevis, co mamé? - Zuzana Hudecova, Eva Hribkova, Lucia Popp, Eva Zigmundova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Pectiko s iniciákou - Peter Dvorsky, Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Krejcik, Dalibor Jedlicka, Vaclav Zitek, Anna Czakova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Mamicko, mam tezkou hlavu - Elisabeth Söderström, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Kradla jsem! - Lucia Popp, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Alexandr Petrovic, bude praznik - Richard Novak, Ivo Zidek, Jaroslav Soucek, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Dusa moya, Stevo, Stevusko - Elisabeth Söderström, Peter Dvorsky, Wiener Staatsopernchor
  • Bezi liska Táboru - Lucia Popp, Eva Randová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Kdbyste vedeli, co já videla - Eva Zigmundova, Gertrude Jahn, Lucia Popp, Eva Randová, Ivana Mixova, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • S Filkou jste se opet sprátelili? - Zdenek Svehla, Vaclav Zitek, Jaroslava Janska, Jiri Zahradnicek, Beno Blachut, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Nusu dule! - Vaclav Zitek, Lucia Popp, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Dostaneme bourku - Dalibor Jedlicka, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Nikoho tu neni! - Zdenek Svehla, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Tot'zrovna jde! - Wieslaw Ochman, Elisabeth Söderström, Eva Randová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Nic zvlástniho - Dalibor Jedlicka, Nadezda Kniplova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • 3. Moderato - Con moto - Prestissimo - Tempo I - Moderato - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Táati, ta Marty je ohromná - Anna Czakova, Peter Dvorsky, Vladimir Krejcik, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Vstante, testounka moja! - Eva Randová, Elisabeth Söderström, Wieslaw Ochman, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Kdo to je? - Elisabeth Söderström, Eva Randová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Pantomime - Dalibor Jedlicka, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Hled'te sestry jakého máte vudce! - Lucia Popp, Gertrude Jahn, Ivana Mixova, Eva Zigmundova, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • 2. Andante - Allegretto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Jste to vy, Katerino Petrovno? - Peter Dvorsky, Elisabeth Söderström, Libuse Marova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Bud'to mám teziste pohyblivé - Vladimir Krejcik, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Totok nejsem já - Peter Saray, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • 1. The death of Andri - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Vida! Nestesti! - Elisabeth Söderström, Nadezda Kniplova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Nu coz? - Libuse Marova, Elisabeth Söderström, Gertrude Jahn, Jitka Pavlova, Vladimir Krejcik, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Má detátka milá - Beno Blachut, Vaclav Zitek, Zdenek Svehla, Jiri Zahradnicek, Dalibor Jedlicka, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Nerikal jsem to? - Dalibor Jedlicka, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Domu? Pro ten snupec tvého spani - Dalibor Jedlicka, Beno Blachut, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Proc bych neodpovedel? - Peter Dvorsky, Zdenek Svehla, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Pomni, abys byl dobrym muzém! - Richard Novak, Dalibor Jedlicka, Vladimir Krejcik, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Chud'átko! - Vera Soukupova, Eva Randová, Jana Jonasova, Dalibor Jedlicka, Peter Dvorsky, Marie Mrazova, Lucia Popp, Wieslaw Ochman, Ivana Mixova, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Pantomima o Pekne mlyánrce - Jaroslav Soucek, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Kmotrenka zakoncertovala si také? - Miriam Ondraskova, Peter Saray, Vladimir Krejcik, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Za vodou, za vodickou - Libuse Marova, Zdenek Svehla, Peter Dvorsky, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Vida, chvástala jsi se - Nadezda Kniplova, Elisabeth Söderström, Libuse Marova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • To cucis Lapáku!? - Dalibor Jedlicka, Eva Zigmundova, Lucia Popp, Libuse Marova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Bozinku, ten je hezké! - Lucia Popp, Eva Randová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Videli ty kytice? - Ivana Mixova, Jiri Joran, Vaclav Zitek, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Emilie! ... Pro tebe nejsem Emilie - Peter Dvorsky, Elisabeth Söderström, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Interlude I - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Prelude - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Pekne hrali, co? - Jaroslava Janska, Eva Zigmundova, Zdenek Sousek, Jiri Zahradnicek, Richard Novak, Dalibor Jedlicka, Vladimir Krejcik, Jaroslav Soucek, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • 2. Andante - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Odesli - Wieslaw Ochman, Elisabeth Söderström, Eva Randová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • 2. The death of Ostap - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Change of Scene (Promena) - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • To bylo nákeho - Dalibor Jedlicka, Eva Randová, Elisabeth Söderström, Wieslaw Ochman, Ivana Mixova, Jindra Pokorna, Marie Mrazova, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Tady prosim, jenom racte - Elisabeth Söderström, Dalibor Jedlicka, Anna Czakova, Peter Dvorsky, Charles Mackerras, Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Ach! - Lucia Popp, Richard Novak, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Celeho mne to pokropilo! - Dalibor Jedlicka, Zdenek Svehla, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • 4. Allegretto - Adagio - Presto - Andante - Presto - Prestissimo - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Nu? Slysite? - Vaclav Zitek, Elisabeth Söderström, Blanka Vitkova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Prelude - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • To jste si vymyslily peknou vec! - Elisabeth Söderström, Zdenek Svehla, Libuse Marova, Peter Dvorsky, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Jak te nazy vaji? - Antonin Svorc, Dalibor Jedlicka, Vladimir Krejcik, Richard Novak, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Neni ti teskno, Jenufko? - Elisabeth Söderström, Vera Soukupova, Wieslaw Ochman, Eva Randová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • A kde otec Pásak? - Dalibor Jedlicka, Eva Zigmundova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Necham jeste dvere otevreny - Elisabeth Söderström, Eva Randová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Isaj, prorok bozi! - Jaroslava Janska, Dalibor Jedlicka, Jaroslav Soucek, Jiri Zahradnicek, Beno Blachut, Zdenek Sousek, Ivo Zidek, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Interlude II - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Pssst! Pssst! Zda se, ze je to on! - Libuse Marova, Peter Dvorsky, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Overture "Zarlivost" (Jealousy) - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Dnes bude muj posledni den! - Jaroslav Soucek, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Petrovici! Já isem te urazil - Antonin Svorc, Dalibor Jedlicka, Jaroslava Janska, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Vidis Laco, já to tusila - Wieslaw Ochman, Elisabeth Söderström, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • A tak bychom sli celym zivotem - Elisabeth Söderström, Eva Randová, Marie Mrazova, Wieslaw Ochman, Vaclav Zitek, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Chces-li matky poslechnout - Elisabeth Söderström, Nadezda Kniplova, Vladimir Krejcik, Libuse Marova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Mami! - Lucia Popp, Dalibor Jedlicka, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Uz se vecer chyli - Elisabeth Söderström, Marie Mrazova, Peter Dvorsky, Jana Jonasova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • To uz ne! - Vladimir Krejcik, Eva Zigmundova, Dalibor Jedlicka, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Ach, Varvaro! - Libuse Marova, Elisabeth Söderström, Heinz Dressel, Zdenek Svehla, Dalibor Jedlicka, Nadezda Kniplova, Vladimir Krejcik, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • To jsi ty, Bertiku? - Elisabeth Söderström, Zdenek Svehla, Vaclav Zitek, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Janku, pojd' sem! - Anna Czakova, Elisabeth Söderström, Zdenek Svehla, Vaclav Zitek, Peter Dvorsky, Vladimir Krejcik, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Co to robis, mládku? - Elisabeth Söderström, Peter Dvorsky, Marie Mrazova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Krápe! - Jaroslav Soucek, Zdenek Svehla, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Konecne! ... Dobre, Gregore! - Peter Dvorsky, Elisabeth Söderström, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Buenos dias, Maxi! - Elisabeth Söderström, Beno Blachut, Blanka Vitkova, Dalibor Jedlicka, Peter Dvorsky, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • 5. Andante con moto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso - Adagio - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Ptácci prileti na mohylu - Jaroslav Soucek, Elisabeth Söderström, Adolf Tomaschek, Dalibor Jedlicka, Jitka Pavlova, Vladimir Krejcik, Nadezda Kniplova, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Dez sem vandroval, mozeka hrála - Vaclav Zitek, Dalibor Jedlicka, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Ano, ve Strani bude daleko lépe - Richard Novak, Dalibor Jedlicka, Vladimir Krejcik, Beno Blachut, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Co pak je? - Zdenek Svehla, Peter Dvorsky, Gertrude Jahn, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Svedl nás Buh! - Peter Dvorsky, Elisabeth Söderström, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • A já byl, bratricku, az do svatby zpit! - Vaclav Zitek, Zdenek Svehla, Jaroslava Janska, Jiri Zahradnicek, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Jak razem vsecko to Stevkovo vypináni schiplo - Wieslaw Ochman, Elisabeth Söderström, Vaclav Zitek, Marie Mrazova, Jindra Pokorna, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Prelude - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Odesli - Eva Randová, Elisabeth Söderström, Wieslaw Ochman, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Je cas, Tichone - Nadezda Kniplova, Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Krejcik, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Prelude - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Aljejo, podavej nitku! - Jiri Zahradnicek, Jaroslava Janska, Beno Blachut, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Jeste jesm tu já! - Eva Randová, Elisabeth Söderström, Lucia Popp, Wieslaw Ochman, Vera Soukupova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Zázrak! - Zdenek Svehla, Jitka Pavlova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Ale videl jsem vcházet sohaje - Eva Randová, Wieslaw Ochman, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Tos ty, Bertiku? - Peter Dvorsky, Elisabeth Söderström, Ivana Mixova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Vida, taky si vysel na toulku! - Zdenek Svehla, Peter Dvorsky, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Pojd'me mu s cesty! - Zdenek Svehla, Dalibor Jedlicka, Peter Dvorsky, Jitka Pavlova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Stevo, Stevo, já vim - Peter Dvorsky, Elisabeth Söderström, Marie Mrazova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • 1. Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Hoj! Ale neni tu Bystrousky! - Dalibor Jedlicka, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Ach, Glaso! - Vladimir Krejcik, Jitka Pavlova, Libuse Marova, Zdenek Svehla, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Ach je, ach boze! - Vladimir Krejcik, Peter Dvorsky, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Vis, co mi napadlo? - Elisabeth Söderström, Libuse Marova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Tak vidis, porad jen pro ni! - Vladimir Krejcik, Libuse Marova, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Prelude - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Ba zabednena t tvoye okenicka - Eva Randová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • A hen ... uz jsou tu! - Wieslaw Ochman, Elisabeth Söderström, Lucia Popp, Peter Dvorsky, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Zlatohrbitek, lisák a krouzkovymi pesiky - Eva Randová, Lucia Popp, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Kolik jsme uz meli deti? - Eva Randová, Lucia Popp, Vaclav Zitek, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Privedou dnes pána! - Jiri Zahradnicek, Vladimir Krejcik, Richard Novak, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Charles Mackerras
  • Pro lékare! - Dalibor Jedlicka, Peter Dvorsky, Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Krejcik, Vaclav Zitek, Anna Czakova, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Melas delat podlica mné! - Libuse Marova, Ivana Mixova, Gertrude Jahn, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Dovolte, dovolte, prosim - Elisabeth Söderström, Beno Blachut, Vaclav Zitek, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Dovolte mi drive otazku - Vaclav Zitek, Elisabeth Söderström, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • 1. Andante - Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
  • Neuvidi oko jiz kraju - Ivo Zidek, Jiri Zahradnicek, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2005-09-19
Run time: 572 min.
Creator: Various
RRP: £45.99
Price: £26.73

Review Janacek: Operas; Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba / Universal Classics:


Review Veritas x 2 / Music from Christian and Jewish Spain
Tracks Music from Christian and Jewish Spain
  • Romances From Cancionero de Palacio: Si d'amor pena sentís
  • Sephardic Romaces: Nani, nani
  • Sephardic Romaces: La Reina xerifa mora
  • Recercadas sobre tenores: Recercada 4
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de la Colombina: Pavana
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Palacio: Romanesca
  • Sephardic Romaces: El rey de Francia tres hijas tenia
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Uppsala: Con qué la lavaré
  • Sephardic Romaces: El rey que tanto madruga
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de la Colombina: Recercada
  • Romances From Cancionero de Palacio: Qu'es de ti, desconsolado
  • Sephardic Romaces: Por alli paso un cavallero
  • Sephardic Romaces: Por que llorax blanca nina
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Uppsala: Soleta só jo ací
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de la Colombina: Propiñán de melyor
  • Sephardic Romaces: Palestina hermoza
  • Romances From Cancionero de Palacio: O voy
  • Sephardic Romaces: Pregoneros van y vienen
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Palacio: A los baños del amor
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Palacio: Pues bien para esta
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Uppsala: Si la nocha haze escura
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Palacio: Al alva venid, buen amigo
  • Sephardic Romaces: Moricos los mis moricos
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de la Colombina: Ni?a y vi?a
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de la Colombina: Como no le andaré yo
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de la Colombina: Fantasia
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Palacio: Fantasia
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Palacio: Si avéis dicho, marido
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Palacio: Perdí la mi rrueca
  • Sephardic Romaces: Lavava y suspirava
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Uppsala: Yo me soy la morenica
  • Recercadas sobre tenores: Recercada 5
  • Sephardic Romaces: Paxarico tu te llamas
  • Recercadas sobre tenores: Recercada 6
  • Sephardic Romaces: Una matica de Ruda
  • Villancicos From Cancionero de Uppsala: Soy serranica
Publisher: Veritas x 2
Release date: 1999-06-07
Run time: 108 min.
Creator: Jordi Savall
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.65

Review Music from Christian and Jewish Spain / Veritas x 2:

These recordings, comprising 108 minutes of music, date from November 1975 and were originally issued on landmark early music LPs. The first CD divides 24 tracks into five sections of court music and songs (villancicos, romances and receradas) while the second disc offers 12 Sephardic romances, Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XX exploring a repertoire they have returned to again and again. The playing is tightly focused (instruments range from Savall's own viola da gamba through lute, percussion, recorder and bagpipe). Soprano Montserrat Figueras is in fine voice and the sound is very good. What is disappointing is the lack of texts both in Spanish and translation. However, the set makes a fascinating companion to Diáspora Sefardí where, almost a quarter of a century later, Savall and Figueras and an otherwise entirely new Hespèrion XXI present a new 2-CD set of Jewish song and instrumental music from the same period, even revisiting several of the same pieces. This more recent set is the better album, but anyone seriously interested in this music will surely want to own both. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review Red Seal / Walton - Collected Works
Publisher: Red Seal
Release date: 2002-03-08
Run time: 144 min.
Creator: Kathryn Stott
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.65

Review Walton - Collected Works / Red Seal:


Review Philips / Haydn: London Symphonies, Vol.1
Tracks Haydn: London Symphonies, Vol.1
  • 3. Menuet (Allegro)
  • 3. Menuet - Trio
  • 1. Adagio - Allegro
  • 2. Adagio
  • 3. Menuetto (Allegro)
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Finale (Vivace)
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Adagio - Allegro con spirito
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Finale (Presto)
  • 3. Menuetto (Allegro)
  • 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
  • 1. Adagio - Allegro
  • 1. Largo - Vivace
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 4. Finale (Allegro con spirito)
  • 4. Finale. Presto
  • 2. Adagio
  • 1. Allegro moderato
  • 1. Adagio - Allegro
  • 4. Finale (Spiritoso)
  • 4. Finale (Vivace)
  • 2. Andante più tosto allegretto
Publisher: Philips
Release date: 1994-11-15
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Joseph Haydn
RRP: £10.99
Price: £5.87

Review Haydn: London Symphonies, Vol.1 / Philips:


Review Unforgettable Classics / Unforgettable Flute
Tracks Unforgettable Flute
  • Joueurs de flute Op 27: II. Tityre
  • Flute Sonata In E Flat BWV 1031: II. Siciliano
  • Petite Valse
  • Concerto Grosso In G Op 3 No 3: II. Allegro
  • Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
  • Flute And Harp Concerto In C K 299: II. Andantino
  • Concerto Grosso In G Op 3 No 3: III. Adagio
  • Flute Concerto In G: I. Spiritoso
  • Flute Concerto In D 'Il gardellino' Op 10 No 3: I. Allegro
  • Concerto Grosso In G Op 3 No 3: IV. Allegro
  • March Of The Little Lead Soldiers
  • Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
  • Concerto Grosso In G Op 3 No 3: I. Largo e staccato
  • Pavane Op 50
  • The Nutcracker: Dance Of The Reed Flutes
  • Flute Sonata: III. Presto giocoso
  • Carmen: Act III. Intermezzo
  • Sonata In B Minor For Two Flutes Op 2 No 4: II. Grazioso - Allegro
  • Suite In A Minor For Flute And Strings: Rejouissance
  • Suite No 2 In B Minor BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie
Publisher: Unforgettable Classics
Release date: 1997-11-17
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Atarh Ben-Tovim
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.27

Review Unforgettable Flute / Unforgettable Classics:


Review Vanessa-Mae / The Platinum Collection
Tracks The Platinum Collection
  • Preludio
  • Bourree
  • Menuet II
  • I'm A-Doun For Lack O' Johnny
  • Classical Gas
  • Aurora
  • Tequila Mockingbird
  • Jazz Will Eat Itself
  • Menuet I
  • Summer Haze
  • Scherzo in C Minor
  • Can Can (You)
  • Toccata And Fugue In D Minor
  • Leyenda
  • Happy Valley
  • Adagio Cantabile
  • Gigue
  • Theme (Caravans)
  • Red Hot
  • Bach Street Prelude
  • City Theme
  • Embrasses Moi (Fly Me Up)
  • Poet's Quest (For A Distant Paradise)
  • Allegro
  • Romance No.2
  • Introduction
  • Adagio
  • Blessed Spirits
  • Warm Air
  • Widescreen
  • Hocus Pocus
  • Contradanza
  • I Feel Love
  • Storm
  • Retro
  • Gavotte En Rondeau
  • Finale (Allegro Guerriero)
  • Loure
  • I'm A Doun
  • Andante Sostenuto
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 2007-02-19
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.47

Review The Platinum Collection / Vanessa-Mae:


Review Naxos / Nutcracker & Christmas Eve
Tracks Nutcracker & Christmas Eve
  • Christmas Eve: Introduction - Igor Golovschin
  • Christmas Eve Suite - Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Nutcracker: Arabian Dance - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Nutcracker: Dance of the Toy Trumpets - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Nutcracker: Chinese Dance - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Christmas Eve: Vakula Woos Oksana/Polonaise - Igor Golovschin
  • Christmas Eve: Procession of the Comet - Igor Golovschin
  • Christmas Eve: Vakula and Oksana - Igor Golovschin
  • Nutcracker: Finale - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Nutcracker: Russian Dance - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Christmas Eve: Devil's Dance - Igor Golovschin
  • Christmas Eve: Ovsyen and Kolyada - Igor Golovschin
  • Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Naxos
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 65 min.
Creator: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.32

Review Nutcracker & Christmas Eve / Naxos:

The actress Prunella Scales is the narrator on this Naxos release which is unashamedly aimed at the children's Christmas market. Two seasonal works fill 64 minutes-Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve Suite. Scales is rather a plummy mother. Her elegant diction comes from a bygone dinner-party era. She sounds kind and warm but also somewhat distant as if she were the sort to employ a third party actually to bring the children up. One imagines her obedient junior audience demurely sitting in rows, not making a sound, restraining themselves even as the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" twinkles magically from the speakers. Children may find this lap-forbidding. Nikolai Gogol wrote the story for Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Christmas Eve. A blacksmith fools the devil, obtains a pair of the Empress' slippers and wins the initially reluctant hand of the prettiest girl in town. Rimsky-Korsakov's music is more incidental to, and dependant on, the story than Tchaikovsky's, which may be performed without. [+]
Michael Halasz conducts the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in the Tchaikovsky, Igor Golovschin the Moscow Symphony Orchestra in the Rimsky-Korsakov. All very charming in a children-should-be-seen-and-not-heard sort of way. -Rick Jones.

Review Warner Classics / Beethoven - The Symphonies
Publisher: Warner Classics
Release date: 2005-03-07
Creator: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.82

Review Beethoven - The Symphonies / Warner Classics:


Review Naxos / Delius - Orchestral Works
Tracks Delius - Orchestral Works
  • Fantastic Dance
  • I. Summer Evening
  • II. Winter Night (Sleigh Ride)
  • American Rhapsody
  • Marche Caprice
  • III. Spring Morning
  • I. On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring
  • A Song Before Sunrise
  • II. Summer Night On The River
  • The Walk To The Paradise Garden
Publisher: Naxos
Release date: 2005-05-30
Run time: 63 min.
Creator: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.95

Review Delius - Orchestral Works / Naxos:


Review The Choirboys / The Choirboys
Tracks The Choirboys
  • Panis Angelicus
  • Let There Be Peace on Earth
  • Miserere
  • Tears in Heaven
  • The Lord Bless You and Keep You
  • Corpus Christi Carol (from A Boy Was Born)
  • Ecce Homo (Theme from Mr Bean)
  • Pie Jesu
  • Danny Boy (Carrickfergus)
  • O For The Wings of a Dove
  • In Paradisum
  • Walking in the Air (Theme from 'The Snowman')
  • He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother
  • The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) - Theme from the Vicar of Dibley
  • Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)
  • Do You Hear What I Hear?
Publisher: UCJ
Release date: 2005-11-28
Run time: 59 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £0.24

Review The Choirboys / The Choirboys:


Review David Munrow / Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Publisher: Virgin Veritas
Release date: 2007-04-02
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.52

Review Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance / David Munrow:


Review Johannes Brahms / Piano Concertos 1 and 2 (Barenboim)
Tracks Piano Concertos 1 and 2 (Barenboim)
  • Variation II: Piu Vivace
  • Finale: Andante
  • Variation VIII: Presto Non Troppo
  • Variation III: Con Moto
  • Academic Festival Overture Op.80
  • Variation VII: Grazioso
  • Variation VI: Vivace
  • I. Maestoso
  • Variation V: Vivace
  • III. Andante
  • IV: Allegretto Grazioso
  • Chorale: (St. Antoni)
  • III. Rondo (Allegro Non Troppo)
  • Variation I: Poco Piu Animato
  • II. Allegro Appassionato
  • Tragic Overture Op.81
  • II. Adagio
  • Variation IV: Andante Con Moto
  • I. Allegro Non Troppo
Publisher: Gemini
Release date: 2005-10-03
Run time: 147 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.42

Review Piano Concertos 1 and 2 (Barenboim) / Johannes Brahms:


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