Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: 2003-11-10
Run time: 548 min.
Creator: Vienna Boys' Choir
RRP: £39.99
Price: £28.86
Review The Alban Berg Collection / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra:
Tracks Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales
- Piano Concerto for the left hand in D - Krystian Zimerman, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
- 2. Assez lent - avec une expression intense
- 6. Assez vif
- 5. Presque lent - dans un sentiment intime
- 1. Allegramente - Krystian Zimerman, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
- 3. Modéré
- 8. Epilogue (Lent)
- 4. Assez animé
- 1. Modéré - très franc
- 7. Moins vif
- 3. Presto - Krystian Zimerman, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
- 2. Adagio assai - Krystian Zimerman, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Release date: 1999-01-11
Run time: 55 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.60
Review Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales / Krystian Zimerman The Cleveland Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Pierre Boulez:Fabulous pianism from Krystian Zimerman, scintillating in its poise, sparkle and wit, but with never a hint of self-regarding flashiness along the way. In the sublime slow movement of the G major concerto, Zimerman's songful liquidity comes close to the ideal (no-one has yet matched Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's miraculous 1959 EMI account), and Pierre Boulez and the Cleveland Orchestra could not be more sympathetic collaborators. For the Left-hand Concerto, we move from Ohio to Watford and a rather more expansive acoustic. If the London Symphony Orchestra don't always quite match their American counterparts in tasteful refinement and dazzling co-ordination, the detail in Ravel's breathtakingly imaginative orchestral canvas is now fractionally clearer. Again, Zimerman and Boulez forge an imperious alliance, this music's unsettling seam of desperation and terror quarried with comprehensive insight. Sandwiched between the two main courses come the Valses nobles et sentimentales: featuring the Clevelanders again on lustrous form, these are amongst the most bracing and intoxicating of recent times. As for the concertos, you need really look no further than Zimerman and Boulez: they're a class act. -Andrew Achenbach.
Tracks Sousa - Marches
- The Washington Post
- The Gallant Seventh
- The National Game
- Powhatan's Daughter
- The Black Horse Troop
- Nobles Of The Mystic Shrine
- Semper Fidelis
- The Northern Pines
- The Fairest Of The Fair
- The Pride Of The Wolverines
- The Belle Of Chicago
- The Lambs
- The Thunderer
- The Royal Welch Fusiliers
- The Legionnaires
- Golden Jubilee
- The Liberty Bell
- New York Hippodrome
- The Diplomat
- Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty
- El Capitan
- The Rifle Regiment
- King Cotton
- Manhattan Beach
- The Glory Of The Yankee Navy
- The Invincible Eagle
- The Stars And Stripes Forever
- The High School Cadets
- La Flor De Sevilla
- Sound Off
- Solid Men To The Front
- Daughters Of Texas
- Jack Tar
- Kansas Wildcats
- The Gladiator
- Marquette University
- The Gridiron Club
- The Beau Ideal
- Hands Across The Sea
- The Charlatan
- The Crusader
- On The Campus
- From Maine To Oregon
Release date: 2003-10-20
Run time: 130 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £5.88
Review Sousa - Marches / John Philip Sousa:
Tracks Mozart: Coronation Mass
- 5. Benedictus - Emma Kirkby, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Winchester College Quiristers, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 1. Kyrie - Emma Kirkby, John Mark Ainsley, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, Winchester College Quiristers, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 6. Magnificat anima mea (Luc. 1:46-55) - Emma Kirkby, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Winchester College Quiristers, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 1. Dixit Dominus Domino meo (Ps. 109/110) - Winchester College Quiristers, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 4. Sanctus - Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, Winchester College Quiristers, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 2. Gloria - Emma Kirkby, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Winchester College Quiristers, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 3. Credo - Emma Kirkby, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Winchester College Quiristers, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 6. Agnus Dei - Emma Kirkby, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Winchester College Quiristers, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 4. Laudate pueri Dominum (Ps. 112/113) - Winchester College Quiristers, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 3. Beatus vir qui timet Dominum (Ps. 111/112) - Emma Kirkby, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, Winchester College Quiristers, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 2. Confitebor tibi, Domine (Ps. 110/111) - Emma Kirkby, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Winchester College Quiristers, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 5. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Ps. 116/117) - Emma Kirkby, Winchester College Quiristers, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- Epistle Sonata in C major, K278 - The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Release date: 1998-07-13
Run time: 54 min.
Creator: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.55
Review Mozart: Coronation Mass / L'Oiseau Lyre:
Tracks Elevazione - The Magic of the Oboe
- III. Allegro
- II. Adagio
- III. Alllegro
- Gordon Hunt
- Adagio In F Major
- II. Adagio
- I. Allegro
- III. Siciliana
- II. Adagio
- IV. Allegro Giusto
- I. Allegro Moderato
- Elevazione
- II. Allegro
- Adagio
- III. Allegro
- I. Allegro
- I. Introduzione
Release date: 2002-02-04
Creator: Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
RRP: £15.99
Price: £12.69
Review Elevazione - The Magic of the Oboe / BIS:
Tracks Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 1er livre: Le loriot
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 1er livre: Le chocard des alpes
- Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: Le rouge-gorge
- Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: Le rouge-gorge
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 3e livre: La chouette hulotte
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 4e livre: Le rousserolle effarvatte
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 5e livre: L'alouette calandrelle
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 5e livre: La bouscarle
- Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: Le rouge-gorge
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 7e livre: La buse variable
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 6e livre: La merle de roche
- Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: L'alouette des champs
- Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: Le merle-noir
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 3e livre: L'alouette-lulu
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 2er livre: Le traquet stapazin
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 7e livre: La traquet rieur
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 1er livre: Le merle bleu
- Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: La grive-musicienne
- Catalogue d'oiseaux, 7e livre: Le courlis cendre
Release date: 1997-08-01
Run time: 168 min.
Creator: Haakon Austbo
RRP: £14.99
Price: £10.99
Review Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux / Naxos:
Tracks Classical Chillout
- O Mio Babbino Caro - London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
- The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise - Michael Nyman
- Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor (Op.26 II Adagio) (Opening) - Walter Susskind / Philharmonia Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin
- Perpetuum Mobile - Penguin Cafe Orchestra
- Song For Athene - David Hill / Winchester Cathedral Choir
- The Ashokan Farewell - Nashville Chamber Orchestra / Paul Gambill
- Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana - Tullio Serafin / Maria Callas / Philharmonia Orchestra
- Gnossienne No. 1 - Anne Queffélec
- Ave Verum Corpus - Stockholm Radio Chorus / Stockholm Chamber Choir / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
- Clair De Lune (From Suite Bergamasque) - Dame Moura Lympany
- The Lark Ascending (Opening) - Sir Adrian Boult / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Hugh Bean
- Adiemus - Adiemus with Karl Jenkins
- My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic) - David Abel / Shearman Orchestra
- Adagio For Strings - William Orbit
- Figlio Perduto - Sarah Brightman
- Concerto for Violin & Oboe in D Minor BWV 1060 - II: Adagio - Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin
- Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Miserere Mei, Deus - Timothy Beasley-Murray / Gerald Finley / Stephen Cleobury / Choir Of Kings College Cambridge
- Flower Duet (Lakme) - Mesple / Millet
- Nagoya Marimbas - Colin Currie & Sam Walton
- Adagio In G Minor (Realised Giazotto) - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
- Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Minor BWV 1056 - II: Largo - Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner / Andrei Gavrilov
- In Paradisum (Requiem) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Cleobury
- Cantique de Jean Racine - Orchestre du Capitole du Toulouse
- Spiegel Im Spiegel - Tasmin Little / Martin Roscoe
- Symphony No. 3 'Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs' II: Lento E Largo (Live) - Jacek Kasprzyk / Zofia Kilanowicz / Krakow Symphony Orchestra
- Weather Storm - Craig Armstrong
- Chi Mai - Ennio Morricone
- Gabriel's Oboe - Ennio Morricone
- Winter (The Four Seasons) - Soloists Of The Philharmonic / Orchestra Of The Scala / Riccardo Muti
- Gymnopedie No. 1 - Satie
Release date: 2001-09-10
Creator: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RRP: £17.99
Price: £49.98
Review Classical Chillout / Virgin TV:The only thing wrong with this compilation is the title: "Chillout" hardly seems the right word to describe such a well-balanced collection which, while it includes such relaxing music as Debussy's Clair de lune and Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending, also has pieces as wired as Steve Reich's exciting Nagoya Marimbas and Simon Jeffes' Perpetuum Mobile. All the performances are good and have been juxtaposed with some wit: a piece which celebrates nocturnal luminescence, Clair de lune, is followed by a work traditionally performed in darkness, Allegri's Miserere. The aria "Ebbenne andrò lontana" (used in the film Diva) in which a woman reveals that she is going to live on the freezing summit of a mountain, is followed by the slow movement of Vivaldi's "Winter". There are no notes, translations or blurbs, so if you want to find out more about a piece you'll have to pull out the encyclopaedia or get on the net. But that aside, this is a thoroughly enjoyable compilation. -Warwick Thompson.
Tracks Schubert: "Wanderer-Fantasie" / Schumann: Fantasie Op.17
- 1. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Presto
- 1. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen - Im Legenden-Ton
- 2. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch - Etwas langsamer - Vielbewegter
- 4. Allegro
- 3. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten - Etwas bewegter
Release date: 1996-02-12
Run time: 52 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.13
Review Schubert: "Wanderer-Fantasie" / Schumann: Fantasie Op.17 / Maurizio Pollini:
Tracks Unforgettable Flute
- Carmen: Act III. Intermezzo
- Flute Concerto In G: I. Spiritoso
- Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
- Flute Concerto In D 'Il gardellino' Op 10 No 3: I. Allegro
- Concerto Grosso In G Op 3 No 3: I. Largo e staccato
- Flute Sonata In E Flat BWV 1031: II. Siciliano
- Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
- Flute Sonata: III. Presto giocoso
- Concerto Grosso In G Op 3 No 3: II. Allegro
- Sonata In B Minor For Two Flutes Op 2 No 4: II. Grazioso - Allegro
- Concerto Grosso In G Op 3 No 3: III. Adagio
- March Of The Little Lead Soldiers
- Joueurs de flute Op 27: II. Tityre
- Suite In A Minor For Flute And Strings: Rejouissance
- Pavane Op 50
- Flute And Harp Concerto In C K 299: II. Andantino
- The Nutcracker: Dance Of The Reed Flutes
- Concerto Grosso In G Op 3 No 3: IV. Allegro
- Suite No 2 In B Minor BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie
- Petite Valse
Release date: 1997-11-17
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Atarh Ben-Tovim
RRP: £4.99
Price: £4.87
Review Unforgettable Flute / Unforgettable Classics:
Tracks Scarlatti - Piano Sonatas
- Son in E, K380
- Son in d, K141
- Son in D, K29
- Son in D, K443
- Son in b, K87
- Son in f#, K25
- Son in d, K9
- Son in G, K259
- Son in G, K520
- Son in G, K523
- Son in D, K214
- Son in A, K113
- Son in d, K213
- Son in c#, K247
- Son in A, K24
- Son in A, K268
- Son in A, K404
- Son in g, K8
- Son in a, K3
- Son in D, K96
- Son in c, K11
- Son in f, K519
- Son in G, K283
- Son in F, K17
- Son in b, K173
- Son in d, K1
- Son in f, K387
- Son in f, K386
- Son in G, K146
- Son in b, K27
- Son in G, K284
Release date: 2001-08-06
Run time: 140 min.
Creator: Mikhail Pletnev
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.04
Review Scarlatti - Piano Sonatas / Virgin De Virgin:
Tracks Seven: a Suite for Orchestra
- Gateway
- Black Down
- Spirit Of Gravity
- Spring Tide
- Earthlight
- Neap Tide
- Ram
Release date: 2004-03-29
Run time: 58 min.
Creator: Mike Dixon
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.64
Review Seven: a Suite for Orchestra / Naxos:Seven: A Suite for Orchestra marks both a departure and a homecoming for Tony Banks, best known as the keyboard player with Genesis. Since a brief sojourn in film music, notably with The Wicked Lady (1983), Banks has produced here his first orchestral work in 20 years. It may be his debut classical recording, but it also marks a return to the ambition behind the progressive rock of Genesis, where his classically inspired piano solos and intricate melodies elevated the band far above regular rock & roll. Now Banks has crafted a seven-movement symphonic suite, his lyrical piano entwined with the orchestra rather than showcased concerto-style. The piece lies firmly within the pastoral English tradition of Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Gerald Finzi, the lush orchestration (by Simon Hale) often infused with melancholy and soaring with a haunted intensity. Classical purists may dismiss Seven as pseudo-film music-indeed, the suite's third movement, "The Gateway", was written as a potential film theme and is gorgeously bittersweet and uplifting somewhat in the manner of John Williams's finale to ET (1982)-but those who just enjoy melodic orchestral music will find much to savour. The road from prog rock to symphonic score is littered with pretentious disasters, but Banks has wisely learnt from his predecessors' mistakes to make perhaps the most convincing transition so far. -Gary S Dalkin.
Tracks Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4
- 4. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai
- 1. Allegro vivace
- 2. Vivace non troppo
- 2. Andante con moto
- The Hebrides, Op.26 (Fingal's Cave)
- 4. Saltarello (Presto)
- 1. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato - Assai animato - Andante come prima
- 3. Adagio
- 3. Con moto moderato
Release date: 1997-02-17
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.74
Review Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 / The Originals:
Tracks Pavarotti and Friends
- Too much love will kill you - Brian May, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839 - Aaron Neville, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- "La donna è mobile" - Luciano Pavarotti, Sting, Zucchero, Lucio Dalla, Brian May, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- It's probably me - Sting, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- Panis Angelicus - Luciano Pavarotti, Sting, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- Caruso - Luciano Pavarotti, Lucio Dalla, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- One More Day - Neville Brothers, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee) - Bob Geldof, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- Les hommes qui passent - Patricia Kaas, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- Sentinel - Mike Oldfield, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- Muoio per te - Sting, Zucchero, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- Miserere - Luciano Pavarotti, Zucchero, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- L'Urlo - Zucchero, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
- In Liverpool - Suzanne Vega, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Aldo Sisilli
Release date: 2000-10-05
Run time: 59 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.95
Review Pavarotti and Friends / Luciano Pavarotti Sting Zucchero Lucio Dalla Neville Brothers Aaron Neville Suzanne Vega Mike Oldfield Brian May Bob Geldof:
Tracks Classic FM: Time to Relax
- Soave sia il vento from "Cosi fan tutte" - Mozart
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Watkinson) - J S Bach
- Symphony No.3 (2nd movement) - Gorecki
- Symphony No.5 in E minor (2nd movement) - Tchaikovsky
- Elevazione for cello and oboe - Zipoli
- Violin Concerto, 2nd movement - Philip Glass
- Scottish Fantasy (1st movement) - Bruch
- The Young Prince and Princess from "Scheherazade" - Rimsky-Korsakov
- Fantasia on Greensleeves - Vaughan Williams
- Piano Concerto in G major (2nd movement) - Ravel
- Eine kleine Nachtmusik (2nd movement) - Mozart
- Le Onde - Einaudi
- The Banks of Green Willow - Butterworth
- Double Violin Concerto in D minor (2nd movement) - J S Bach
- Eclogue for piano and string orchestra - Finzi
- Laudate Dominum from Vespers - Mozart
- Pastoral Suite, Romance - Larsson
- Prelude to Act 1 from "La traviata" - Verdi
- Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor (2nd movement) - Chopin
- String Quintet in C major (2nd movement, excerpt) - Schubert
- Violin Concerto in D major (2nd movement) - Brahms
- Violin Concerto (2nd movement) - Barber
- Panis Angelicus - Franck
- Piano Sonata No.8 in C major ("Pathetique") (2nd movement) - Beethoven
- Solveig's Song from "Peer Gynt Suite No.2" - Grieg
- Aria from "Goldberg Variations" - J S Bach
- Violin Concerto in E minor (2nd movement) - Mendelssohn
- Ombra Mai fu from "Serse" - Handel
- Concerto for Flute & Harp in C major (2nd movement) - Mozart
- Clair de Lune from "Suite Bergamasque" - Debussy
- The Ashokan Farewell - Ungar
Release date: 2001-10-13
Run time: 139 min.
Creator: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Price: £17.99
Review Classic FM: Time to Relax / Classic FM:Time to Relax is a three-CD box set from Classic FM which "contains music that has been specially chosen because of its calming and soothing influences". In other words, it is very much like listening to the radio station's Smooth Classics at Seven, but with all the non-calming commercials and talk edited out. There's great music here, though whether one approves of taking individual movements from works as fundamentally different as Bach's Double Violin Concerto in D minor and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and lumping them together as easy-listening background music is a matter of taste. What cannot be denied is that the performances are taken from high quality modern recordings on such leading labels as BMG, EMI, Conifer and Nimbus. Unlike many budget compilations, there are brief introductory notes for each piece and everything is properly credited, with such fine conductors as Nicholas Cleobury leading the Britten Sinfonia in Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves and Richard Hickox conducting the City of London Sinfonia in Finzi's gorgeous Eclogue for Piano and String Orchestra. In delivering more than three hours of gentle, melodic classical music Time to Relax provides exactly what it says on the box. -Gary S Dalkin.
Tracks Puccini: La Bohème
- "Sa dirmi, scusi" - Renata Tebaldi, Attilio D. Orazi, Giorgio Onesti, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Quando m'en vo'" (Musetta's Waltz) - Gianna D'Angelo, Ettore Bastianini, Fernando Corena, Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Renato Cesari, Cesare Siepi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Mimì è tanto malata!" - Carlo Bergonzi, Ettore Bastianini, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Donde lieta uscì" - Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Marcello. Finalmente!" - Carlo Bergonzi, Ettore Bastianini, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Oh!...Essa!...Musetta!" - Carlo Bergonzi, Renato Cesari, Cesare Siepi, Ettore Bastianini, Fernando Corena, Gianna D'Angelo, Renata Tebaldi, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Che gelida manina" - Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Vecchia zimarra, senti" - Cesare Siepi, Renato Cesari, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Dunque: è proprio finita!...Addio, dolce svegliare" - Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini, Gianna D'Angelo, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Mimì è una civetta" - Carlo Bergonzi, Ettore Bastianini, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Legna!" - Carlo Bergonzi, Ettore Bastianini, Cesare Siepi, Renato Cesari, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Gavotta" - Cesare Siepi, Ettore Bastianini, Carlo Bergonzi, Renato Cesari, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "C'è Mimì..." - Gianna D'Angelo, Carlo Bergonzi, Renato Cesari, Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini, Cesare Siepi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "O Mimì, tu più non torni" (Duetto) - "Che ora sia" - Ettore Bastianini, Carlo Bergonzi, Renato Cesari, Cesare Siepi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "O soave fanciulla" - Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Ohè, là, le guardie!" - "Aprite!" - Gianna D'Angelo, Giorgio Onesti, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Si sente meglio?" - Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Chi è là?" - Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "In un coupé?" - Ettore Bastianini, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" (Aria) - "Ehi! Rodolfo!" - Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Renato Cesari, Cesare Siepi, Ettore Bastianini, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Sono andati" - Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Chi guardi?" - "Ecco i giocattoli di Parpignol" - Carlo Bergonzi, Cesare Siepi, Renata Tebaldi, Renato Cesari, Ettore Bastianini, Piero de Palma, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Che avvien?...Che ha detto il medico?" - Renato Cesari, Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Gianna D'Angelo, Ettore Bastianini, Cesare Siepi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Io resto" - Carlo Bergonzi, Ettore Bastianini, Cesare Siepi, Renato Cesari, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- Pensier profondo" - Cesare Siepi, Ettore Bastianini, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Si può" - "Chi è là?" - Fernando Corena, Ettore Bastianini, Renato Cesari, Carlo Bergonzi, Cesare Siepi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Arranci, datteri!" - Fernando Corena, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Cesare Siepi, Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini, Renato Cesari, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Chi l'ha richiesto?...Caro! - Fuori il danaro!" - Cesare Siepi, Renato Cesari, Carlo Bergonzi, Ettore Bastianini, Gianna D'Angelo, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Questo Mar Rosso" - Ettore Bastianini, Carlo Bergonzi, Cesare Siepi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Viva Parpignol..." - "Una cuffietta a pizzi" - Ettore Bastianini, Renata Tebaldi, Renato Cesari, Cesare Siepi, Carlo Bergonzi, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
- "Mimì!" - "Rodolfo m'ama e mi fugge" - Ettore Bastianini, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin
Release date: 1999-01-18
Run time: 112 min.
Creator: Ettore Bastianini
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.87
Review Puccini: La Bohème / Opera Double Decca:
Tracks Shostakovich: The Jazz Album
- 3. Dance I
- 1. March
- 4. Allegro con brio - Ronald Brautigam, Peter Masseurs, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
- 1. Allegretto - Ronald Brautigam, Peter Masseurs, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
- 2. Lento - Ronald Brautigam, Peter Masseurs, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
- 8. Finale
- 1. Waltz
- 6. Waltz II
- 2. Polka
- Tahiti Trot
- 5. Little Polka
- 4. Waltz I
- 7. Dance II
- 2. Lyric Waltz
- 3. Foxtrot
- 3. Moderato - Ronald Brautigam, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Release date: 1995-03-14
Run time: 57 min.
Creator: Dmitry Shostakovich
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.50
Review Shostakovich: The Jazz Album / Riccardo Chailly:Riccardo Chailly has proved himself adept in the highways and byways of Shostakovich's output. You really feel he enjoys this music, conducting it with relish and not a hint of condescension. Admittedly the Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings has real pathos in its second movement to offset the brittle humour and high jinx elsewhere. Ronald Brautigam brings a Gershwin-like uninhibitedness to his performance, with Peter Masseurs incisive yet elegant in the trumpet part. The two jazz suites are peripheral Shostakovich, but great fun all the same. The Concertgebouw's resident jazzers would clearly give any professional combo a run for its money, especially in the lengthy Second Suite, assembled from film and theatre scores. Tahiti Trot is even more intriguing than it sounds: an orchestral transcription of the 1920s hit "Tea For Two", made in a matter of hours to win a bet. Its a far cry from Shostakovich as we tend to think of him, yet valuable for throwing light on the heady era out of which the mature composer forcibly emerged. -Richard Whitehouse.
Tracks Chopin - Piano Works
- Nocturne in E flat major op.9 No.2
- Grand Polonaise brillante in E flat major with preceding Andante spianato in G major op.22
- Etude in G flat major op.10 No.5
- Impromptu No.4 in C sharp minor op.posth
- Etude in A minor op.10 No.2
- Nocturne in B flat minor op.9 No.1
- Etude in A minor op.25 No.11
- Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor op.58
- Nocturne in F sharp major op.15 No.2
Release date: 2002-05-06
Run time: 67 min.
Creator: Yundi Li
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.70
Review Chopin - Piano Works / Deutsche Grammophon:Born in Chongqing 19 years before he made this Chopin recording, Yundi Li is too old to qualify as a prodigy, and he's absurdly young to be labelled a "great master", but that's indubitably what he is. He has all the poetry and authority of Evgeny Kissin, but no whiff of that Russian's aggressive self-projection. When he won the Warsaw Competition at 18, he announced that he wanted to become "the next Zimerman", but the real Zimerman turned down his request to study with him, saying there was nothing more he could teach him. This CD demonstrates the point to perfection: the only flaw one might detect-over-pedalling in a Nocturne-proves to be a carefully calculated effect in one of a series of gorgeously fresh renderings of hackneyed favourites. Li opens with the third sonata, establishing a big golden tone from the outset; he points up the architecture of this episodic work with leisurely assurance, and if his tempi seem leisurely even in the fast movements, that is because he brings out every detail with pellucid clarity. How did such quintessentially romantic playing emerge from the heart of China? Don't even ask: just marvel, and enjoy. -Michael Church.
Publisher: EMI Gold
Release date: 2007-07-09
RRP: £7.99
Price: £4.50
Review Baby Einstein Wake Up and Goodnight / The Baby Einstein Music Box Orchestra:
Tracks Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony (original version)
- A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)
- The Banks Of Green Willow
Release date: 2001-04-17
Run time: 68 min.
Creator: Richard Hickox
RRP: £15.99
Price: £12.69
Review Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony (original version) / London Symphony Orchestra:Penned between 1911 and 1913 and first heard in May 1914, Vaughan Williams's A London Symphony was dedicated to the memory of George Butterworth (whose ravishing 1913 idyll The Banks of Green Willow opens proceedings here). It's this original version that Richard Hickox and the LSO champion so eloquently on this sumptuous-sounding Chandos issue-and a very different beast it is from VW's final revision of 1933. For starters, there's more than a quarter-of-an-hour of extra material, much of it genuinely inspired and brimful of wondrous poetry. VW's scoring, too, was never more colourful and it's surely not too fanciful to detect many a foreshadowing of Holst's The Planets in particular. More significantly, the work takes on a darker, tragic dimension (nowhere more potently perhaps than in the slow movement) and there's an astonishing passage in the expanded epilogue that even anticipates the opening movement of the 1921 Pastoral Symphony. In hindsight, VW made all the right decisions (the scherzo's second half, haunting though it is, pales next to the shuddering intensity of the revised coda) but no one should miss the opportunity to experience his original thoughts in all their epic sweep and tingling vitality. Utterly compulsive listening then and a "must buy" if ever there was one. -Andrew Achenbach.
Tracks Bach, J.S.: Organ Works
- [4] in F major
- Variatio 2: Alio modo, nel canone alla quinta
- Variatio 5: L'altra sorte del canone al rovescio: 1) alla sesta, 2) alla terza, 3) alla seconda e 4) alla nona
- Variatio 4: Per augementationem. nel canone all'ottava
- Variatio 3: Canone alla sttima
- Fugue
- 2. Fugue
- Très vitement
- Variatio 1: Nel canone all'ottava
- [2] in C major
- Gravement
- Fugue
- Prelude
- [3] in C minor
- Toccata
- 1. Prelude
- Lentement
- [1] in F major
Release date: 2003-02-24
Run time: 62 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £5.29
Review Bach, J.S.: Organ Works / Simon Preston:
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