Publisher: Bmg
Release date: 2003-11-03
Creator: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.81
Review Only classical Album You'll Ever Need, vol 2 / Bmg:
Tracks Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes
- 2. Non allegro - Lento
- Prelude in A, Op.32, No.9
- Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3, No.2
- 1. Allegro agitato
- 3. Allegro molto
- Prelude in D minor, Op.23, No.3
- Prelude in A flat, Op.23, No.8
- Prelude in E minor, Op.32, No.4
- Prelude in G, Op.32, No.5
- Prelude in E flat minor, Op.23, No.9
- Prelude in F, Op.32, No.7
- Prelude in E flat, Op.23, No.6
- Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32, No.12
- Prelude in B minor, Op.32, No.10
- Prelude in D, Op.23, No.4
- Prelude in E, Op.32, No.3
- Prelude in G minor, Op.23, No.5
- Prelude in F minor, Op.32, No.6
- Prelude in B flat minor, Op.32, No.2
- Prelude in C minor, Op.23, No.7
- Prelude in A minor, Op.32, No.8
- Prelude in C, Op.32, No.1
- Prelude in F sharp minor, Op.23, No.1
- Prelude in G flat, Op.23, No.10
- Prelude in D flat major, Op.32, No.13
- Prelude in B major, Op.32, No.11
- Prelude in B flat, Op.23, No.2
Release date: 1995-03-03
Run time: 105 min.
Creator: Sergey Rachmaninov
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.88
Review Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes / Double Decca:
Tracks Piano Concertos - Beethoven
- 1. Allegro con brio - Cadenza: Beethoven/Wilhelm Kempff
- 3. Rondo (Allegro)
- 2. Adagio
- 1. Allegro con brio - Cadenza: Wilhelm Kempff
- 2. Largo
- 3. Rondo. Allegro - Cadenza: Wilhelm Kempff
- 3. Rondo. Allegro scherzando - Cadenza: Wilhelm Kempff
- 3. Rondo (Molto allegro)
- 1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato - Wilhelm Kempff
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 1. Allegro con brio
- 2. Andante con moto
- 2. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile) - Wilhelm Kempff
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Adagio un poco mosso
- 2. Largo
- 3. Rondo. Vivace - Cadenza: Wilhelm Kempff
Release date: 1988-10-13
Run time: 195 min.
RRP: £18.99
Price: £11.97
Review Piano Concertos - Beethoven / Wilhelm Kempff Berliner Philharmoniker Ferdinand Leitner:
Tracks Barber: Adagio For Strings
- 5. Cha-cha
- 1. The great lover (Allegro pesante) - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
- 3. Scherzo
- 7. Cool Fugue
- 9. Finale
- 2. Somewhere
- 6. Meeting Scene
- 3. Times Square: 1944 (Allegro) - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
- 2. Lonely town: Pas de deux (Andante sostenuto) - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
- 4. Mambo
- Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
- Adagio for Strings, Op.11
- 8. Rumble
- America - Angelina Reaux, Louise Edeiken, Stella Zambalis, Tatiana Troyanos, Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Chorus
- Overture Candide
- 1. Prologue
Release date: 2003-02-24
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £5.64
Review Barber: Adagio For Strings / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein Israel Philharmonic Orchestra:
Tracks Blue in Blue
- Bird (The Blue Bird Variations) - Patrick Hawes, English Chamber Orchestra, Conventus
- Dressed In Blue - Patrick Hawes, Jo Knight, Conventus
- Blue In Blue - Patrick Hawes, Hugh Webb, English Chamber Orchestra, Conventus
- Italian Song - Patrick Hawes, Andrew Busher, English Chamber Orchestra, Conventus
- The Waters Of Love - Patrick Hawes, Conventus, English Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Webb
- Pavane (Theme from "The Incredible Mrs Ritchie") - Patrick Hawes, Conventus
- O Waly Waly - Patrick Hawes, Timothy Bennett, Andrew West, English Chamber Orchestra, Conventus
- Image (The Blue Bird Variations) - Patrick Hawes, Janet Coxwell, Jo Knight, English Chamber Orchestra, Conventus
- Reflexionem - Patrick Hawes, Conventus, English Chamber Orchestra, Janet Coxwell
- Tres Amores - Patrick Hawes, Conventus
- Rain - Patrick Hawes, English Chamber Orchestra, Conventus
- Quanta Qualia - Patrick Hawes, English Chamber Orchestra, Janet Coxwell, Conventus
- Theme (The Blue Bird Variations) - Patrick Hawes, Janet Coxwell, Andrew West, Conventus
- Swan - Patrick Hawes, Stephanie Gonley, Jo Knight, English Chamber Orchestra
- Moment (The Blue Bird Variations) - Patrick Hawes, English Chamber Orchestra, Conventus
- Sky (The Blue Bird Variations) - Patrick Hawes, English Chamber Orchestra, Conventus
- Lake (The Blue Bird Variations) - Patrick Hawes, Hugh Webb, English Chamber Orchestra, Conventus
Release date: 2005-03-21
Run time: 72 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £11.98
Review Blue in Blue / Patrick Hawes:
Tracks R Strauss: Alpine Symphony
- Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich
- Ausklang
- Auf der Alm
- Elegie
- Stille vor dem Sturm
- Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg
- Vision
- Erscheinung
- Am Wasserfall
- Nacht
- Der Anstieg
- Auf dem Gipfel
- Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen
- Sonnenaufgang
- Auf dem Gletscher
- Nacht
- Gefahrvolle Augenblicke
- Wanderung neben dem Bache
- Eintritt in den Wald
- Sonnenuntergang
- Nebel steigen auf
- Auf blumige Wiesen
Release date: 1993-04-05
Run time: 51 min.
Creator: Richard Strauss
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.93
Review R Strauss: Alpine Symphony / Deutsche Grammophon:
Tracks Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- Sorride Vostro Onore? - Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Angelo Mercuriali, Enzo Sordello, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Dovunque al mondo - Carlo Bergonzi, Enzo Sordello, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- E questo? E questo? - Renata Tebaldi, Enzo Sordello, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Cio-cio-san! Cio-cio-san! - Paolo Washington, Renata Tebaldi, Angelo Mercuriali, Carlo Bergonzi, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- E Izaghi ed Izanami, Sarundasico e Kami - Fiorenza Cossotto, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- O Kami! O Kami! - Carlo Bergonzi, Oscar Nanni, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Come una mosca prigionera - Fiorenza Cossotto, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Vieni, amor mio! - Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Angelo Mercuriali, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- ... E soffitto e pareti - Carlo Bergonzi, Angelo Mercuriali, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Vogliatemi bene - Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Udiste? - Angelo Mercuriali, Enzo Sordello, Michele Cazzato, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- (fischi d'uccelli dal giardino) - Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Chi sia? - Fiorenza Cossotto, Enzo Sordello, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Tu, Suzuki, che sei tanto biona - Renata Tebaldi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Enzo Sordello, Lidia Nerozzi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Tutti zitti! - Angelo Mercuriali, Virgilio Carbonari, Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Enzo Sordello, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio - Renata Tebaldi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- L'Imperial Commissario - Angelo Mercuriali, Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Oscar Nanni, Enzo Sordello, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Suzuki! Suzuki! Dove sei? - Renata Tebaldi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Or vienmi ad adornar - Renata Tebaldi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Gran ventura - Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Enzo Sordello, Angelo Mercuriali, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Addio fiorito asil - Carlo Bergonzi, Enzo Sordello, Lidia Nerozzi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Non lo sapete insomma - Renata Tebaldi, Enzo Sordello, Angelo Mercuriali, Michele Cazzato, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Io so che alle pene - Enzo Sordello, Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Intermezzo - Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Ieri son salita tutta sola in segreto alla Missione - Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Ora a noi. Sedete qui. - Enzo Sordello, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Che tua madre dovrà prenderti in braccio - Renata Tebaldi, Enzo Sordello, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Viene la sera - Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Si sa che aprir la parta - Renata Tebaldi, Enzo Sordello, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- C'è. Entrate - Angelo Mercuriali, Enzo Sordello, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Già il sole! - Fiorenza Cossotto, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- America for ever - Carlo Bergonzi, Enzo Sordello, Angelo Mercuriali, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus) - Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Con amor muore...Tu, tu? Piccolo Iddio - Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Ecco. Son giunte al sommo del pendio - Angelo Mercuriali, Renata Tebaldi, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Ier l'altro il Consolato - Enzo Sordello, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Una nave da guerra - Fiorenza Cossotto, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Ebbene, che fareste, Madama Butterfly? - Enzo Sordello, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Un bel dì vedremo - Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Vespa! Rospo maledetto! - Fiorenza Cossotto, Renata Tebaldi, Angelo Mercuriali, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Non ve l'avevo detto? - Enzo Sordello, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Bimba, bimba, non piangere - Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
Release date: 1999-01-25
Run time: 143 min.
Creator: Fiorenza Cossotto
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.83
Review Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Opera Double Decca:
Tracks Menuhin and Grappelli Play...: Remastered
- Laura
- I Get A Kick Out Of You
- Pick Yourself Up
- I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
- Liza
- It's Wonderful
- Autumn Leaves
- Lady Is A Tramp
- Blue Room
- Embraceable You
- Jealousy
- Fascinatin' Rhythm
- Top Hat White Tie And Tails
- Man I Love
- Just One Of Those Things
- Isn't This A Lovely Day
- Night And Day
- Funny Face
- Way You Look Tonight
- Autumn In New York
- They All Laughed
- Cheek To Cheek
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Fine Romance
- Looking At You
- He Loves And She Loves
- My Funny Valentine
- Foggy Day
- These Foolish Things
- Summertime
- Change Partners
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
- Lady Be Good
- Skylark
- Thou Swell
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Heat Wave
- I Got Rhythm
- April In Paris
- Soon
- Why Do I Love You
- All The Things You Are
Release date: 2004-10-04
Run time: 151 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.75
Review Menuhin and Grappelli Play...: Remastered / Yehudi Menuhin:
Tracks Romeo and Juliet (Previn)
- No.23 Romeo And Mercutio
- No.18 Departure Of The Guests (Gavotte)
- No.25 Dance With The Mandolins
- No.17 Tybalt Recognises Romeo
- No.22 Folk Dance
- No.49 Dance Of The Girls With The Lillies
- No.21 Love Dance
- No.3 The Street Awakens
- No.11 Arrival Of The Guests
- No.38 Romeo And Juliet (Juliet's Bedroom)
- No.15 Mercutio
- No.30 The People Continue To Make Merry
- No.13 Dance Of The Knights
- No.29 Juliet With Friar Laurence
- No.44 At Friar Laurence's
- No.14 Juliet's Variation
- No.5 The Quarrel
- No.16 Madrigal
- No.2 Romeo
- No.24 Dance Of The Five Couples
- No.42 Juliet Alone
- No.32 Tybalt Meets Mercutio
- No.52 Death Of Juliet
- No.28 Romeo With Friar Laurence
- No.45 Interlude
- No.40 The Nurse
- No.35 Romeo Decides To Avenge Mercutio's Death
- No.7 The Prince Gives His Order
- No.39 The Last Farewell
- No.50 At Juliet's Bedside
- No.26 The Nurse
- No.33 Tybalt And Mercutio Fight
- No.20 Romeo's Variation
- No.43 Interlude
- No.4 Morning Dance
- No.41 Juliet Refuses To Marry Paris
- No.37 Introduction
- No.12 Masks
- No.27 The Nurse Gives Romeo The Note From Juliet
- No.6 The Fight
- No.51 Juliet's Funeral
- No.19 Balcony Scene
- No.10 Juliet As A Young Girl
- No.8 Interlude
- No.1 Introduction
- No.31 Folk Dance
- No.36 Finale
- No.46 Juliet's Bedroom
- No.48 Morning Serenade
- No.9 Preparing For The Ball
- No.47 Juliet Alone
- No.34 Mercutio Dies
Release date: 2004-10-04
Run time: 148 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £5.93
Review Romeo and Juliet (Previn) / Sergey Prokofiev:
Tracks The Vivaldi Album
- Anch'il mar par che sommerga
- Qual favellar? ...Andero, volero, gridero
- Tra le follie...Siam navi all'onde algenti
- Dite, oime
- Dopo un'orrida procella
- Zeffiretti, che sussurrate
- Gelido in ogni vena
- Dell'aura al sussurrar
- Sventurata navicella
- Di due rai languir costante
- Sorte, che m'invitasti...Ho nel petto un cor si forte
- Alma oppressa
- Di trombe guerriere
Release date: 1999-10-19
Run time: 66 min.
Creator: Giovanni Antonini
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.94
Review The Vivaldi Album / Vivaldi:Mezzo Cecilia Bartoli could easily rest on her laurels as one of today's most charismatic, character singers for her lively portrayals of Mozart and Rossini heroines. But it's been particularly exciting to observe her growth as an artist in exploring the exuberant world of baroque opera, with its range of pyrotechnic demands-both vocal and emotional. Bartoli's show-stopping virtuosity in a Vivaldi aria from her Live in Italy recital gave a tantalising sample of her finesse in that style. For The Vivaldi Album, Bartoli conducted extensive research into the composer's manuscripts (a documentary tracing her quest is planned for subsequent screening). Although he's best known for his concertos-in typically baroque fashion, two of the arias in fact recycle material from The Four Seasons-Vivaldi was a ferociously prolific composer of operas for the cutting-edge theatres of his time and the arias gathered here demonstrate the word-painting magic of his music, from the sylvan setting of duetting flageolets in "Di due rai languire costante" to the storm-tossed passions of "Anch'il mar par che sommerga", where Bartoli spins out ripples of rapid-fire coloratura with a gravity-defying accuracy that will leave your head spinning. In addition to many such examples of vocal acrobatics, Bartoli brings exquisite nuance and limpid tone to the delicate echo effects of "Zeffiretti, che sussurrate" and there's no better test for the remarkable flexibility of her range-full and dusky at the bottom and thrilling at the top-than the huge intervallic leaps of "Dopo un'orrida procella". With her naturally large voice, Bartoli can at times tend to histrionic excess (in the recitative to the short aria from "L'Orlando finto pazzo"), but the expressive colour of her phrasing is wonderfully matched throughout by Il Giardino Armonico's lively panache. All power to Bartoli in her goal of reviving this neglected aspect of Vivaldi's output. -Thomas May.
Tracks Beethoven - Diabelli Variations
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 10: Presto
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 21: Allegro Con Brio
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 16: Allegro
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 1: Alla Marcia Maestosa
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 31: Largo Molto Espressivo
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 13: Vivace
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 8: Poco Vivace
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 19: Presto
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 30: Andante Sempre Cantabile
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 25: Allegro
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 18: Poco Moderato
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 17: (Allegro)
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Tema
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 4: Un Poco Piu Vivace
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 28: Allegro
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 32: Fuga: Allegro
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 27: Vivace
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 20: Andante
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 9: Allegro Pesante E Risoluto
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 11: Allegretto
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 2: Poco Allegro
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 3: L'istesso Tempo
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 29: Adagio Ma Non Troppo
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 6: Allegro Ma Non Troppo E Serioso
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 12: Un Poco Piu Mosso
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 26: (Allegro)
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 24: Fughetta: Andante
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 5: Allegro Vivace
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 7: Un Poco Piu Allegro
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 23: Allegro Assai
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 15: Presto Scherzando
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 22: Molto Allegro (Alla Notte E Giorno Faticar Di....
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 14: Grave E Maestoso
- 33 Vars On A Waltz By Diabelli, Op.120: Var 33: Tempo Di Menuetto, Moderato
Release date: 2001-05-07
Run time: 63 min.
Creator: Piotr Anderszewski
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.24
Review Beethoven - Diabelli Variations / Virgin Classics:With this scintillating version of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, Piotr Anderszewski has at a stroke made his mark as a front-rank recording artist. Daniel Barenboim, Alfred Brendel and Maurizio Pollini have until now led the field with this work, but this Polish-Hungarian pianist is in every respect their equal. And the challenge is huge. Beethoven wrote these 33 linked pieces in response to what he regarded as a puny challenge from a publisher-to compose just one variation on a trivial little theme-and they fairly crackle with his sense of outrage: their technical difficulties are as nothing compared to the aesthetic problem of welding them into a satisfactory whole. Anderszewski's opening is itself a surprise-he actually invests the theme with dignity-but what follows is consistently riveting. His interpretation is intensely individual and he brings out Beethoven's sheer quirkiness in full measure-the jagged structures and the seemingly perverse harmonic byways down which he doggedly goes. But as this pianist shows, that perverseness is only on the surface, because there's a serene order underlying it. The dynamics are perfectly controlled, the inner voices sing out, the touch is light and springy, the sound has radiant warmth and there's never the slightest hint of effort. Anderszewski brings out all the comedy, tragedy and pathos in this masterpiece and resolves them all with visionary clarity. -Michael Church.
Tracks Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris
- Let 'Em Eat Cake
- Strike Up The Band
- Rhapsody In Blue
- Fascinatin' Rhythm
- Girl Crazy
- Funny Face
- Promenade (Walking The Dog)
- American In Paris
- Oh Kay
- Of Thee I Sing
Release date: 2004-05-24
Creator: Michael Tilson Thomas
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.45
Review Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Sony Classical:
Tracks Beethoven - Complete Piano Sonatas
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Presto agitato
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Andante - III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegretto ma non troppo
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Adagio - III. Allegretto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Adagio con molta espressione
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Scherzo (Allegretto vivace)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Menuetto (moderato e grazioso) & Trio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Presto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) & Trio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro ma non troppo
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Andante espressivo (L'Absence) - III. Vivacissimamente (Le Retour)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Adagio grazioso
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Allegro vivace
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Finale (Prestissimo)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Andante - III. Vivace
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Largo, con gran espressione
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Andante
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro vivace
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Rondo (Allegro)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: IV. Rondo (Allegro)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Adagio molto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Grave - Allegro molto e con brio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Menuetto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Andante
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: IV. Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: IV. Rondo (Grazioso)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Allegro molto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. In tempo d'un Menuetto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Adagio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Andante
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro molto e con brio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: IV. Prestissimo
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Largo appassionato
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Adagio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Vivace alla Marcia
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Scherzo (Assai vivace) - Presto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Introduzione (Adagio molto) - Rondo (Allegretto moderato) - Prestissimo
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: IV. Allegro assai
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: IV. Rondo (Poco allegretto e grazioso)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Prestissimo
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: IV. Rondo (Allegretto)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Adagio con espressione - Allegro vivace
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: IV. Presto con fuoco
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Adagio cantabile
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Largo - Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Allegretto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Largo e mesto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Tempo di Menuetto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: IV. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro con brio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Andante con variazioni I - V
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Scherzo (Allegro assai)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Adagio - Allegro (Les Adieux)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro molto e con brio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro vivace
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Andante - Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Scherzo (Allegro molto) & Trio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro con brio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Rondo (Allegretto)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Presto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Adagio sostenuto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Alegretto & Trio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Adagio sostenuto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga (Allegro ma non troppo)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Allegro molto e vivace
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Allegretto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Tema (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo) - Variaziono I - VI
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro con brio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Presto alla tedesca
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Rondo (Allegro comodo)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: II. Allegretto
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Menuetto (Allegro) & Trio
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe (Andante maestoso)
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro assai
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: I. Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto - Allegro
- The Complete Piano Sonatas: III. Rondo (Allegro)
Release date: 1991-03-11
Run time: 604 min.
Creator: Artur Schnabel
RRP: £26.99
Price: £23.38
Review Beethoven - Complete Piano Sonatas / EMI Classics:
Publisher: Lso Live
Release date: 2000-04-01
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.00
Review Symphony 9 from the New World / Antonin Dvorak:
Tracks Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
- Totentanz, S. 525
- 1. Adagio sostenuto assai - Allegro agitato assai
- 2. Quasi adagio - Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
- 1. Allegro maestoso
- 2. Allegro moderato - Allegro deciso
- 3. Allegro marziale animato
- 4. Allegro animato - Stretto (molto accelerando)
- 3. Marziale un poco meno allegro
Release date: 2000-10-05
Run time: 56 min.
Creator: Franz Liszt
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.66
Review Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Deutsche Grammophon:
Tracks Leoncavallo - Pagliacci; Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana
- E Allor Perche, Di, Tu M'hai Stregato
- Regina Coeli, Laetare; Alleluja!
- Mamma, Quel Vino E Generoso
- Nedda! ... Silvio! A Quest'ora, Che Imprudenza
- Ah! Lo Vedi, Che Hai Tu Detto?
- Beato Voi, Compar Alfio
- Di Fare Il Segno Convenuto
- A Voi Tutti, Salute!
- O Lola Ch'hai Di Latti la Cammisa
- Ah! Colombina, Il Tenero
- Sei La! Credea Che Te Ne Fossi Andato
- Derisione E Scherno!
- Un Tal Gioco, Credetemi, E Meglio Non Giocarlo
- Fior Di Giaggiolo
- Un Grande Spettacolo A Ventitre Ore
- Di Fare Il Segno Convenuto
- Dite, Mamma Lucia
- Recitar! Mentre Preso Dal Delirio
- Presto, Affrettiamoci
- Si Puo? Si Puo?
- E Fra Quest'ansie In Eterno Vivrai?
- Coraggio! Un Uomo Era Con Te
- Prelude (Conclusion)
- Viva Il Vino Spumeggiante
- Intermezzo
- Non Mi Tentar!
- Pagliaccio, Mio Marito
- Suvvia, Cosi Terribile
- Son Qua! Ritornano
- Qual Fiamma Avea Nel Guardo ... Hui! Stridono Lassu
- Tu Qui, Santuzza?
- Il Cavallo Scalpita
- Intermezzo
- Son Ben Che Lo Scemo Contorto Son Io
- No, No, Turiddu, Rimani, Rimani Ancora
- A Casa, A Casa, Amici
- Gli Aranci Olezzano
- Prelude
- Oh! Il Signore Vi Manda, Compar Alfio!
- Inneggiamo, Il Signor Non E Morto
- No, Pagliaccio Non Son
- Voi Lo Sapete, O Mamma
- Vesti la Giubba
- I Zampognari! ... Din, Don. Suona Vespero
Release date: 2005-05-09
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Milan La Scala Chorus
RRP: £8.99
Price: £6.35
Review Leoncavallo - Pagliacci; Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana / EMI Classics:
Tracks Villancicos y Danzas Criollas - De La Antigua al Nuevo Mundo
- Negra A 5: Antonya Flaciquia Gasipa
- Joto
- Rorro: Desvelado Dueno Mio
- Juguete: Un Juguetico De Fuego
- Chacona: A La Vida Bona
- Jordi Savall
- Danza Del Hacha - Hesperion XXI
- Tono Humano: Ay Que Me Rio De Amor
- Negrilla: A Siolo Flasiquiyo
- Ritual Formulario: Hanacpachap Cussicuinin
- Juguete A 4: Convidando Esta La Noche
- Guaracha: Ay Que Me Abraso
- Negrilla A 4: San Sabeya Gugurumbe
- Villancico A 8: Serafin Que Con Dulce
- Mestizo E Indio: Tleycantimo Choquiliya
- Cachua - Hesperion XXI
- Moresca: Di Perra Mora
Release date: 2004-02-09
Run time: 77 min.
Creator: Catalan Capella Reial
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.97
Review Villancicos y Danzas Criollas - De La Antigua al Nuevo Mundo / Alia Vox:
Tracks Discover Early Music (Jenkins)
- Humils Forfaitz - Michael Posch
- Gaillarde I, II, III - Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense
- Du Fond De Ma Pensee - Christine Morel
- Sanctus - Oxford Camerata
- El Grillo - Shirley Rumsey
- Adieu Ces Bons Vins De Lannoys - Michael Posch
- Missa 'Papae Marcelli': Kyrie - Oxford Camerata
- In Nomine - Rose Consort Of Viols
- Tribulationem Et Dolorem - Oxford Camerata
- Alleluya - Capilla Flamenca
- Salutare Suum Ante Conspectum Gentium Revelavit - Tonus Peregrinus
- Exiit Diluculo - Unicorn Ensemble
- Viderunt Omnes - Tonus Peregrinus
- Cantiga De Santa Maria - Michael Posch
- Antiphona Post Evangelium - In Dulci Jubilo
- D'Ung Aultre Amer - Capilla Flamenca
- Fines Terre Salutare Dei Nostri Jubilate Deo Omnis Terra (Plainchant) - Tonus Peregrinus
- In Nomine No.20 - Rose Consort Of Viols
- Ordo Virtutum: Procession - Oxford Camerata
- Justitiam Suam (Plainchant) - Tonus Peregrinus
- Dominus - Tonus Peregrinus
- Lagrime Di San Pietro: 'Il Magnanimo Pietro' - Bo Holten
- Stat ('Tsaat) Ein Meskin - Ensemble Villanella
- Tiento - Shirley Rumsey
- Missa 'Susanne Un Jour': Kyrie - Oxford Camerata
- Missa 'La Sol Fa Re Mi': Kyrie - Capilla Flamenca
- Spem In Alium - Oxford Camerata
- Versus Alleluiatici: Adorabo - Nova Schola Gregoriana
- Greiner Zancker - Ensemble Villanella
- Notum Fecit - Tonus Peregrinus
- Non Ara May Pieta Questa Mia Dona - Michael Posch
- Passe & Medio/Den Iersten Gaillarde - Capilla Flamenca
- Veni Creator - Tonus Peregrinus
- Gaudete Christus Est Natus - Oxford Camerata
- Flow, My Tears - Dorothy Linell
- Den III Ronde, Den VI Ronde-Les Quatre Branles - Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense
- El Grillo - Capilla Flamenca
- Non Avra Ma'Pieta Questa Mia Donna - Michael Posch
- Le Chant Des Oiseaux - The Scholars Of London
- The King Of Denmark's Galiard - Rose Consort Of Viols
- Beau Le Crystal - The Scholars Of London
- Missa 'O Magnum Mysterium': O Magnum Mysterium - Oxford Camerata
Release date: 2005-10-03
Run time: 137 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.30
Review Discover Early Music (Jenkins) / Various Composers:
Tracks Finzi - Earth and Air and Rain; To a Poet; By Footpath and Stile
- The Master And The Leaves
- The Oxen
- Waiting Both
- Where The Picnic Was
- Proud Songsters
- Paying Calls
- Ode On The Rejection Of St. Cecilia
- Rollicum-Rorum
- Voices From Things Growing In A Churchyard
- Intrada
- On Parent Knees
- When I Set Out For Lyonesse
- To Lizbie Browne
- So I Have Fared
- Summer Schemes
- The Clock Of The Years
- To A Poet A Thousand Years Hence
- The Phantom
- The Birthnight
- Exeunt Omnes
- In A Churchyard
- June On Castle Hill
Release date: 2006-07-03
Run time: 72 min.
Creator: Gerald Finzi
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.52
Review Finzi - Earth and Air and Rain; To a Poet; By Footpath and Stile / Sacconi Quartet:
Tracks Ian Bostridge - Great Handel
- Cosi la tortorella OR Ecco il sol (LA RESURREZIONE)
- Love Sounds the Alarm (ACIS & GALATEA)
- Where E're You Walk (SEMELE)
- Happy We (ACIS & GALETEA / duet with Kate Royal)
- Love in Her Eyes (ACIS & GALATEA)
- Ombra mai fu (SERSE)
- Fronde tenere - (recit)
- A father offering up his only child (recit)
- Hide though thy hated beams (recit)
- Comfort Ye (JEPHTHA)
- Scherza Infida (SAMSON)
- Ev'ry Valley (MESSIAH)
- Total Eclipse (SAMSON)
- As Steals the Morn (L'ALLEGRO / duet with Kate Royal)
- Waft her, angels, through the sky (JEPHTHA)
- Doppo notte (ARIODANTE)
Release date: 2007-07-16
Run time: 66 min.
Creator: Kate Royal
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.69
Review Ian Bostridge - Great Handel / EMI Classics:
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