Tracks Holst - The Planets; Matthews, C - Pluto
- Mercury, The Winger Messenger
- Towards Osiris
- Ceres
- Mars, The Bringer Of War
- Venus, The Bringer Of Peace
- Saturn, The Bringer Of Old Age
- Uranus, The Magician
- Pluto, The Renewer
- Komarov's Fall
- Neptune, The Mystic
- Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity
- Asteroid 4179: Toutatis
Release date: 2006-09-04
Run time: 84 min.
Creator: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.38
Review Holst - The Planets; Matthews, C - Pluto / EMI Classics:
Tracks Tchaikovsky: "1812" Overture; Capriccio italien; Romeo & Juliet; Francesca da Rimini
- Capriccio italien, Op.45
- Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
- Francesca da Rimini, Op.32
- Ouverture solennelle "1812," Op.49
Release date: 1994-09-06
Run time: 78 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.98
Review Tchaikovsky: "1812" Overture; Capriccio italien; Romeo & Juliet; Francesca da Rimini / Chicago Symphony Orchestra Daniel Barenboim:
Tracks Britten - Choral Works
- Deus In Adjutorium Meum...
- Missa Brevis in D, Op.63: Sanctus And Benedictus - Marc Stevens/Robert Holmes
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: There Is No Rose
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: Procession
- Missa Brevis in D, Op.63: Gloria - Benedict Rogerson/Robert Holmes/Robert Ogden
- Missa Brevis in D, Op.63: Agnus Dei
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: Wolcum Yole!
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: Spring Carol - Marc Stevens/Robert Ogden
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: As Dew In Aprille
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: This Little Babe
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: In Freezing Winter Night - Jeremy Unwin/Francis Shepherd
- Missa Brevis in D, Op.63: Kyrie
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: Interlude - Sioned Williams
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: That Yonge Child - Robert Ogden
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: Balulalow - Jeremy Unwin
- A Hymn Of St. Columba (Regis Regum Rectissimi) - Gordon Jones
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: Recession
- A Hymn To The Virgin - Francis Shepherd/Robert Jones/Simon Davies
- Jubilate Deo in E flat
- A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28: Adam Lay I-Bounden
Release date: 1994-07-01
Run time: 49 min.
Creator: Westminster Cathedral Choir
RRP: £15.99
Price: £11.74
Review Britten - Choral Works / Hyperion:
Tracks Nicola Benedetti
- Cadenza (allegro moderato)
- Wie melodien zieht es mir
- Meditation from Thais
- Fragment for the Virgin
- Havanaise For Violin And Orchestra Opus 83
- Meditation from Thais
- Vivace assai
- Poeme For Violin And Orchestra Opus 25
- Vivace scherzando
Release date: 2005-05-09
Run time: 73 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.45
Review Nicola Benedetti / Nicola Benedetti London Symphony Orchestra Daniel Harding:
Tracks Monteverdi: Vespers
- Quem Vidistis pastores a 12, C 77 - Trans. Denis Arnold/Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner - Charles Brett, Philip Langridge, Martyn Hill, Philip Jones Wind Ensemble, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
- 12. Sonata sopra 'Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis' - The Monteverdi Choir, Salisbury Cathedral Boys' Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- 2. Domine ad adjuvandum me festina - The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- 17. Magnificat: Quia fecit mihi magna - John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Rippon, The Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- 1. Deus in adjutorium meum intende - Robert Tear
- 13. Hymnus: Ave Maria stella - Jill Gomez, Felicity Palmer, James Bowman, Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Rippon, Salisbury Cathedral Boys' Choir, The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, David Munrow Recorder Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- 3. Psalmus 109: Dixit Dominus - Jill Gomez, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Rippon, The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- Angelus ad pastores - Transc. Denis Arnold/Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner - Charles Brett, The Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Wind Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner
- 20. Deposuit potentes - Robert Tear, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- 15. Magnificat: Et exultavit - Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, The Monteverdi Choir, Nicholas Kraemer, Malcolm Hicks, Alastair Ross, Robert Spencer, Jennifer Ward Clarke, John Eliot Gardiner
- 11. Psalmus 147; Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum - The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- 19. Magnificat: Fecit Potentiam - James Bowman, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- Salvator noster a 15, C 80 - Trans. Denis Arnold/Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner - John Angelo Messana, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Philip Jones Wind Ensemble, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
- 7. Psalmus 121: Laetatus sum - Jill Gomez, Felicity Palmer, James Bowman, Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Rippon, The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- O magnum mysterium - Trans. Denis Arnold (1926/86)/Ed.for perf.J.E.Gardiner (1943-) - The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner
- 9. Psalmus 126: Nisi Dominus - The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- 8. Concerto: Duo Seraphim - The Monteverdi Choir, Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Nicholas Kraemer, Malcolm Hicks, Alastair Ross, Robert Spencer, Jennifer Ward Clarke, John Eliot Gardiner
- 22. Suscepit Israel - Jill Gomez, Felicity Palmer, The Monteverdi Choir, Nicholas Kraemer, Malcolm Hicks, Alastair Ross, Robert Spencer, Jennifer Ward Clarke, John Eliot Gardiner
- Hodie Christus natus est - Trans. Denis Arnold/Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner - The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner
- 21. Esurientes implevit bonis - Salisbury Cathedral Boys' Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Nicholas Kraemer, Malcolm Hicks, Alastair Ross, Robert Spencer, Jennifer Ward Clarke, John Eliot Gardiner
- 5. Psalmus 112: Laudate, pueri, Dominum - Jill Gomez, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Rippon, The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- 6. Concerto: Pulchra es - Jill Gomez, Felicity Palmer, Nicholas Kraemer, Malcolm Hicks, Alastair Ross, Robert Spencer, Jennifer Ward Clarke, John Eliot Gardiner
- 18. Magnificat: Et misericordia eius - The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
- 16. Magnificat: Quia respexit - David Munrow Recorder Ensemble, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- Exultent caeli - Trans. Denis Arnold/Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner - John Angelo Messana, Martyn Hill, The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner
- 23. Sicut locutus est - The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- 24. Gloria Patri - Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, Salisbury Cathedral Boys' Choir, Nicholas Kraemer, Malcolm Hicks, Alastair Ross, Robert Spencer, Jennifer Ward Clarke, John Eliot Gardiner
- Audite principes a 16, C 123 - Transc. Denis Arnold/Edited for performance John Eliot Gardiner - Philip Jones Wind Ensemble, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
- 14. Magnificat: Magnificat - Jill Gomez, The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- 4. Concerto: Nigra sum - Philip Langridge, Nicholas Kraemer, Malcolm Hicks, Alastair Ross, Robert Spencer, Jennifer Ward Clarke
- 25. Sicut erat in principio - The Monteverdi Choir, David Munrow Recorder Ensemble, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- 10. Concerto: Audi, coelum - Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
Release date: 1994-10-12
Run time: 140 min.
Creator: Robert Tear
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.70
Review Monteverdi: Vespers / Double Decca:One of the most grand and eloquent liturgical works ever written, Monteverdi's Vespers has enjoyed near-perpetual favour with performers and listeners since its composition in 1610. It may have been written for use as an "audition" piece for the position of maestro di cappella at the famed St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice. Whatever its motivation, this is a most ambitious and stylistically fascinating compendium that sets out the eight chants of the Mass Ordinary, interspersed with four motets and an instrumental piece. The 90-minute work includes soloists, chorus, and orchestra. Not until Bach would there be a religious work on this scale. Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir adopt a decidedly "un-period" sound on this mid-1970s recording, with free vocal vibrato and a mix of modern and period instruments. This two-for-one disc set also includes motets by Monteverdi, Gabrieli, and Bassani. -David Vernier.
Tracks Blue Velvet: New Versions of Your Favourite Songs
- True Love
- Love Changes Everything
- Summer Of '42
- Summer Place
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Pachelbel Canon
- True Love Ways
- Evergreen
- Arthur's Theme
- It Must Have Been Love
- Show Me Heaven
- Blue Velvet
- Sound Of Silence
- Cavelleria Rusticana
- When I Fall In Love
- People
Release date: 2006-04-17
RRP: £4.99
Price: £0.99
Review Blue Velvet: New Versions of Your Favourite Songs / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra:
Tracks Veni Sancte Spiritus (Taize)
- Dynamo
- Sumayah
- Just The Way You Are
- Festival 20th Century
- Jet
- One
- Black Cow
Release date: 2003-07-28
RRP: £14.99
Price: £10.08
Review Veni Sancte Spiritus (Taize) / Berthier/Franck:
Tracks Les Misérables: Symphonic Score (highlights)
- Finale
- Drink With Me
- ABC Cafe/Red And Black
- Who Am I/Trial
- Confrontation
- Master Of The House
- Fantine's Death
- At The End Of The Day
- On My Own
- Empty Chairs At Empty Tables
- Heart Full Of Love
- I Dreamed A Dream
- Stars
- Javert's Suicide
- Do You Hear The People Sing
- One Day More
- Bring Him Home
Release date: 1997-10-15
Creator: Philharmonia Orchestra
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.09
Review Les Misérables: Symphonic Score (highlights) / First Night Records:
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2001-06-25
Run time: 297 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.67
Review SCHUMANN: Piano Works: Wilhelm Kempff / Wilhelm Kempff:Wilhelm Kempff believed Schumann's composition suffered as his madness encroached, and he did not therefore play all his works, but this four-CD set, Piano Works, feels admirably comprehensive. Dating from this German master's later period-he went on playing until he was 85-it is as majestic a testament to his genius as the Beethoven sonatas which he recorded three times during his life. Kempff, born in 1895, had a direct link with the Romantic era: he studied with Busoni, and his principal teacher, Barth, had studied with Bulow-who was married to the daughter of Liszt. For Kempff, a recording was "a little piece of eternal life" and the record-player "a mirror for the ear": no pianist ever took the process more seriously. Which is one reason why this box is so treasurable. His hallmark is a glowing cantabile-no doubt attributable to the fact that he began his career as a cathedral organist-and he seems blissfully unbothered about virtuoso point-scoring. The Études symphoniques open with passionate languor; Kreisleriana are full of charm; and the Humoreske-which he waited decades to be ready to play-are intensely vivid. -Michael Church.
Tracks Schubert: Piano Sonatas
- 1. Allegro
- Sonata in C major, D279
- 1. Moderato
- 2. Allegretto
- 1. Allegro ma non troppo
- 1. Allegro giusto
- Sonata in C minor, D958
- Sonata in A major, D664
- 2. Con moto
- 3. Allegro
- Sonata in E minor, D566
- 2. Andante
- Sonata in F minor, D625
- 4. Allegro moderato
- 3. Scherzo (Allegretto)
- 1. Moderato
- 1. Allegro ma non troppo
- 2. Andante
- 3. Allegro vivace
- 4. Scherzo con trio (Allegro)
- 2. Andante
- 1. Allegro moderato
- Sonata in B major, D575
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
- Sonata in A minor, D845
- 4. Allegro giusto
- 1. Allegro vivace
- Sonata in D major, D850
- 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
- 4. Allegro ma non troppo
- 3. Menuetto (Allegro)
- Five Piano Pieces, D459
- 5. Allegro patetico
- 2. Andante
- 2. Scherzo (Allegro)
- Sonata in B flat major, D960
- 3. Menuetto: Allegro vivace - Trio
- Sonata in G major, D894
- Sonata in E flat major, D568
- 2. Andante
- 3. Menuetto: Allegro vivace - Trio
- 2. Scherzo: Allegretto - Trio
- 4. Allegretto
- 4. Allegro
- 3. Adagio
- Sonata in C major, D840
- Sonata in A minor, D784
- 2. Andante
- 2. Andantino
- 1. Allegro moderato
- Sonata in A flat major, D557
- Sonata in E major, D157
- 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace con delicatezza)
- 4. Rondo (Allegro moderato)
- Sonata in A major, D959
- 3. Menuetto (Allegro moderato)
- 1. Allegro
- 3. Allegro
- 4. Rondo (Allegretto)
- 4. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
- Sonata in A minor, D537
Release date: 2000-10-16
Run time: 458 min.
Creator: Franz Schubert
RRP: £34.99
Price: £24.47
Review Schubert: Piano Sonatas / Deutsche Grammophon:
Tracks Haydn: Masses
- Benedictus - Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause, Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, 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
- Gloria - Qui tollis - Quoniam - April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Stephen Cleobury, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Kyrie - John Scott, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei qui tollis - Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause, Simon Preston, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
- Gloria: Qui tollis - Sylvia Stahlman, Wilfred Brown, Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
- Agnus Dei - April Cantelo, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Barry McDaniel, Stephen Cleobury, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Kyrie - Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause, Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
- Agnus Dei - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, John Scott, George Guest
- Benedictus - Erna Spoorenberg, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, Joseph Rouleau, Brian Runnett, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Credo - Et incarnatus - Et resurrexit - Stephen Cleobury, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Gloria - John Scott, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Credo: Et resurrexit - Sylvia Stahlman, Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
- Benedictus - April Cantelo, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Barry McDaniel, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Credo - Erna Spoorenberg, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, Joseph Rouleau, Brian Runnett, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Sanctus - Erna Spoorenberg, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, Joseph Rouleau, Brian Runnett, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Kyrie - Erna Spoorenberg, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, Joseph Rouleau, Brian Runnett, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Sanctus - Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
- Credo: Credo in unum Deum - Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, 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
- Benedictus - Jennifer Smith, John Scott, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Agnus Dei - Erna Spoorenberg, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, Joseph Rouleau, Brian Runnett, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- 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
- Sanctus - John Scott, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Sanctus - April Cantelo, Stephen Cleobury, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Kyrie - April Cantelo, Stephen Cleobury, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Gloria - Erna Spoorenberg, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, Joseph Rouleau, Brian Runnett, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
- Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem - Simon Preston, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
- Credo - John Scott, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
Release date: 1997-08-12
Run time: 140 min.
Creator: Tom Krause
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.78
Review Haydn: Masses / Double Decca:
Publisher: ECM New Series
Release date: 2006-09-25
Run time: 80 min.
RRP: £6.99
Price: £5.28
Review Misterioso: Part, Silvestrov, Ustvolskaya / Alexei Lubimov:
Tracks Paul Robeson: Songs of Free Men
- Cradle Song
- Sylvia
- Balm in Gilead [#]
- From Border to Border
- Chassidic Chant [#]
- Within Four Walls
- Peat Bog Soldiers
- Native Land
- Ol' Man River
- Song of the Plains
- Joe Hill
- By an' By
- I Still Suits Me
- Wagon Wheels
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
- House I Live In
- Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don
- Purest Kind of Guy
- John Henry
- My Curly Headed Baby
- Water Boy
- Mah Lindy Lou
- Lord God of Abraham [#]
- Four Insurgent Generals
Release date: 1998-02-01
Run time: 71 min.
Creator: Lawrence Brown
RRP: £17.99
Price: £6.32
Review Paul Robeson: Songs of Free Men / Sony:
Tracks Vangelis: Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)
- Movement III
- Movement IX
- Movement V
- Movement VIII
- Movement I
- Movement IV
- Movement VI
- Introduction
- Movement VII
- Movement X
- Movement II
Release date: 2001-10-15
Creator: Vangelis
RRP: £16.99
Price: £8.47
Review Vangelis: Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey) / Sony Classical:An avatar of orchestral synthesis for 30 years, Vangelis has only now made his full orchestral outing with the ambitious and epic Mythodea. Currently linked as theme music for NASA's Mission to Mars program, Mythodea dates back to 1993 when Vangelis premiered the work in a live performance. After the amorphous synthesiser opening, Vangelis is little heard, using his keyboards only to support the large orchestra, 100-voice mixed choir, massed timpani, and the twin soprano leads of Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman. Echoes of Gustav Holst, Gustav Mahler and Carl Orff suffuse Mythodea with its stentorian choirs, rumbling percussion and dense string writing. Singing a hybrid language, Norman and Battle spiral through Vangelis's evocation of an ancient Greek landscape. By turns smothering and grandiose and often turgid, Mythodea is nevertheless studded with memorable themes, notably "Movement 9". It's a poignant, haunting melody, with the sopranos looping back and forth in ascending arcs, recalling Delibes's aria from Lakmé, better known as the British Airways theme. This is the Vangelis of L'Enfant and Heaven and Hell, where the composer's true voice is heard. -John Diliberto.
Tracks Mysterium - Sacred Arias
- Mille Cherubini in coro - Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian National Choir "Madrigal-Marin Constantin", London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Salve Regina for voice & wind octet - Angela Gheorghiu, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Stihuri din Catavasiile Intampinarii Domnului - Angela Gheorghiu, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Pie Jesu - Angela Gheorghiu, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful) - Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian National Choir "Madrigal-Marin Constantin", London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Quia respexit...Omnes generationes - Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian National Choir "Madrigal-Marin Constantin", London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Tatal Nostru - Angela Gheorghiu, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Wiegenlied, Op.49, No.4 - Angela Gheorghiu, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Pietà, Signore - Angela Gheorghiu, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Ave Maria (arr. from Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana" - Angela Gheorghiu, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Iubi-te-voi Doamne - Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian National Choir "Madrigal-Marin Constantin", London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839 - Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian National Choir "Madrigal-Marin Constantin", London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op.34, No.2 - Angela Gheorghiu, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- Priveghiati si va Rugati - Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian National Choir "Madrigal-Marin Constantin", London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
- O holy night (Minuit chrétien) - Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian National Choir "Madrigal-Marin Constantin", London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin
Release date: 2001-11-11
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Angela Gheorghiu
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.97
Review Mysterium - Sacred Arias / Angela Gheorghiu London Philharmonic Orchestra Ion Marin:One of the mysteries of Angela Gheorghiu's Mysterium is why it has taken so long to come out-it was recorded in September 1998. But for Gheorghiu fans it will be worth the wait. The Romanian soprano's warmly rounded voice, with its phenomenal control in pianissimo passages, is shown to great advantage in the opening four Romanian songs, so redolent of the Orthodox church you can almost smell the incense and candle wax. It would be good to see more of this repertoire making its way onto disc. Beyond these Romanian songs the other 11 numbers are Gheorghiu's choice, a personal collection of sacred arias, and if Brahms' "Lullaby" and Mendelssohn's "On Wings of Song" are not altogether sacred, they sit happily enough with the likes of the "Pie Jesu" from Fauré's Requiem and Schubert's "Ave Maria". Not every track is a coconut, and operatic sopranos rarely add much to "O Come, All Ye Faithful", but turn back to those first four songs and you know why you need the disc. Ghiorghiu is accompanied by a superbly drilled Romanian National Chamber Choir and the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Ion Marin. -Keith Clarke.
Tracks Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
- 3. Allegro - Catherine Mackintosh, Michel Piguet, Ku Ebbinge, Clare Shanks, Felix Warnock, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 2. Andante - Michel Piguet, Sabine Weill, Jaap Schröder, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 1. (Allegro) - Christopher Hirons, Monica Huggett, Catherine Mackintosh, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 3. Allegro assai - Friedemann Immer, Catherine Mackintosh, Michel Piguet, Ku Ebbinge, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 3. Allegro - Stephen Preston, Catherine Mackintosh, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- Allegro - Catherine Mackintosh, Stephen Hammer, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- Adagio - The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 3. Allegro - Christopher Hirons, Monica Huggett, Catherine Mackintosh, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 1. -- - Trevor Jones, Jan Schlapp, Timothy Mason, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 2. Adagio - Christopher Hirons, Monica Huggett, Catherine Mackintosh, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 2. Adagio ma non tanto - Trevor Jones, Jan Schlapp, Timothy Mason, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 3. Allegro assai - Christophe Rousset, Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music
- 1. Allegro - Michel Piguet, Sabine Weill, Jaap Schröder, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 2. Andante - Michel Piguet, Ku Ebbinge, Catherine Mackintosh, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- Adagio - Catherine Mackintosh, Stephen Hammer, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 3. Allegro - The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 1. Allegro - Stephen Preston, Catherine Mackintosh, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 3. Allegro - Trevor Jones, Jan Schlapp, Timothy Mason, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- Allegro - Catherine Mackintosh, Stephen Hammer, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 2. Adagio - Catherine Mackintosh, Michel Piguet, Ku Ebbinge, Clare Shanks, Felix Warnock, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 3. Presto - Michel Piguet, Sabine Weill, Jaap Schröder, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 1. (Allegro) - Christophe Rousset, Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music
- 1. (Allegro) - Catherine Mackintosh, Michel Piguet, Ku Ebbinge, Clare Shanks, Felix Warnock, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 1. (Allegro) - The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 2. Andante e piano - Christophe Rousset, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 1. (Allegro) - Friedemann Immer, Catherine Mackintosh, Michel Piguet, Ku Ebbinge, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- 2. Affetuoso - Stephen Preston, Catherine Mackintosh, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Release date: 1997-11-10
Run time: 129 min.
Creator: Christophe Rousset
RRP: £10.99
Price: £8.78
Review Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6 / Double Decca:
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Publisher: Cfp
Release date: 2003-06-02
Run time: 149 min.
Creator: Sadlers Wells Orchestra
RRP: £8.99
Price: £6.20
Review Lehar: The Land of Smiles / The Merry Widow [Highlights in English] / Cfp:
Tracks Music for Babies Vol. 1 - Playtime to Sleepytime
- Organ Music Variation On K.265 Ah Vous Dirai-Je, Maman - Janos Sebestyen
- Rondo-Allegro Ma Non Troppe From Serenade No. 9 In D Major, K.320 - Mozart
- Toy Symphony II - Janos Sebestyen
- Flute Quartet In C Major, K.171: Andantino - Ensemble Villa Musica
- Excerpts From 12 Variation Oh Ah Vous Dirai-Je Maman K.265 - Janos Sebestyen
- Flute Quartet In C Major K.171: Andantino - Ensemble Villa Musica
- Toy Symphony III, Minuet - Ensemble Villa Musica
- Symphony No. 25 In G Minor, K.183 II: Andante - Capella Istropolitana
- Adagio (III) From Quartet No. 20 In D Major K.499 'Hoffmeister' - Eder Quartet
Release date: 2006-01-03
RRP: £11.99
Price: £7.18
Review Music for Babies Vol. 1 - Playtime to Sleepytime / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Tracks Mozart: The Complete Piano Trios; Clarinet Trio
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Andante
- 2. Andante grazioso
- 3. Allegro
- 2. Adagio
- 1. Allegro assai
- 1. Allegro
- 3. Rondeau (Allegretto) - Stephen Kovacevich, Jack Brymer, Patrick Ireland
- 3. Allegretto
- 3. Rondeau (Tempo di menuetto)
- 2. Andante cantabile
- 1. Andante - Stephen Kovacevich, Jack Brymer, Patrick Ireland
- 2. Andante (Thema mit 6 Variationen)
- 1. Allegro
- 3. Allegretto
- 2. Larghetto
- 2. Menuetto & Trio - Stephen Kovacevich, Jack Brymer, Patrick Ireland
- 3. Allegro
- 1. Allegro
- 3. Allegretto (Thema mit 6 Variationen)
- 1. Allegro
Release date: 1995-05-05
Run time: 139 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.77
Review Mozart: The Complete Piano Trios; Clarinet Trio / Beaux Arts Trio:
Tracks Mishima (Philip Glass)
- Temple Of The Golden Pavillion
- 1962
- Morning 1934
- Ichigaya
- Award Montage
- 1937
- Last Day
- Opening
- Epilogue From Sun And Steel
- Closing
- Runaway Horses
- F 104
- St Sebastian
- Grandmother And Kimitake
- Osamu's Theme
- 1957
- Bodybuilding
- November 25th
- Kyoko's House
Release date: 1990-04-09
Run time: 46 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.90
Review Mishima (Philip Glass) / Original Soundtrack:
| Models & Brands:
Holst - The Planets; Matthews, C - Pluto, Tchaikovsky: "1812" Overture; Capriccio italien; Romeo & Juliet; Francesca da Rimini, Britten - Choral Works, Nicola Benedetti, Monteverdi: Vespers, Blue Velvet: New Versions of Your Favourite Songs, Veni Sancte Spiritus (Taize), Les Misérables: Symphonic Score (highlights), SCHUMANN: Piano Works: Wilhelm Kempff, Schubert: Piano Sonatas, Haydn: Masses, Misterioso: Part, Silvestrov, Ustvolskaya, Paul Robeson: Songs of Free Men, Vangelis: Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey), Mysterium - Sacred Arias, Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6, Lehar: The Land of Smiles / The Merry Widow [Highlights in English], Music for Babies Vol. 1 - Playtime to Sleepytime, Mozart: The Complete Piano Trios; Clarinet Trio, Mishima (Philip Glass) |
