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Review Naxos / Pärt - Berliner Messe
Tracks Pärt - Berliner Messe
  • Credo
  • Agnus Dei
  • Cantate Domino Canticum Novum
  • Kyrie
  • The Beatitudes
  • Magnificat
  • Summa
  • Alleluia Verses I & II
  • Sanctus
  • Gloria
  • De Profundis
  • Veni Sancte Spiritus
Publisher: Naxos
Release date: 2004-08-30
Run time: 52 min.
Creator: Elora Festival Singers
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.70

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Review Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Paganini - Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Tracks Paganini - Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2
  • I. Allegro Maestoso
  • I. Allegro Maestoso
  • II. Adagio Espressivo
  • II. Adagio
  • III. Rondo 'La Campanella'
  • III. Rondo
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 2000-11-21
Creator: Yehudi Menuhin
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.06

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Review London Philharmonic Orchestra / Schumann - Cello Concerto; Piano Concerto
Tracks Schumann - Cello Concerto; Piano Concerto
  • Intro & Allegro Appassionato, Op.92 - Daniel Barenboim
  • Vc Con in a, Op.129: III. Sehr Lebhaft - Jacqueline Du Pre
  • Vc Con in a, Op.129: I. Nicht Zu Schnell - - Jacqueline Du Pre
  • Pn Con in a, Op.54: III. Allegro Vivace - Daniel Barenboim
  • Pn Con in a, Op.54: II. Intermezzo (Andantino Grazioso) - Daniel Barenboim
  • Vc Con in a, Op.129: II. Langsam - Etwas Lebhafter - Schneller - Jacqueline Du Pre
  • Pn Con in a, Op.54: I. Allegro Affetuoso - Daniel Barenboim
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 2001-08-06
Run time: 74 min.
Creator: New Philharmonia Orchestra
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.73

Review Schumann - Cello Concerto; Piano Concerto / London Philharmonic Orchestra:


Review Legends / Mahler - Das Lied von Der Erde; 3 Ruckert Lieder
Tracks Mahler - Das Lied von Der Erde; 3 Ruckert Lieder
  • Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - Kathleen Ferrier, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
  • Das Lied von der Erde
  • Um Mitternacht - Kathleen Ferrier, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
  • Ich atmet' einen linden Duft - Kathleen Ferrier, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
  • 5. Der Trunkene im Frühling - Julius Patzak, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
  • 3. Von der Jugend - Julius Patzak, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
  • 6. Der Abschied - Kathleen Ferrier, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
  • Three Rückert-Lieder
  • 4. Von der Schönheit - Kathleen Ferrier, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
Publisher: Legends
Release date: 2000-10-16
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Gustav Mahler
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.52

Review Mahler - Das Lied von Der Erde; 3 Ruckert Lieder / Legends:


Review Sony Classical / Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier
Publisher: Sony Classical
Release date: 2004-10-11
Creator: Glenn Gould
RRP: £19.99
Price: £11.77

Review Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier / Sony Classical:


Review Gil Shaham Jian Wang Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado / Brahms: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto
Tracks Brahms: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto
  • 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco più presto - Gil Shaham, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
  • 1. Allegro - Gil Shaham, Jian Wang, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
  • 1. Allegro non troppo - Gil Shaham, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
  • 3. Vivace non troppo - Poco meno allegro - Tempo I - Gil Shaham, Jian Wang, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
  • 2. Adagio - Gil Shaham, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
  • 2. Andante - Gil Shaham, Jian Wang, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2002-06-03
Run time: 71 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.17

Review Brahms: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto / Gil Shaham Jian Wang Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado:

The final flurry of recordings by Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic before formally parting company in summer 2002, includes this impressive tribute to Brahms and the violinist Joseph Joachim made at the Philharmonie Berlin in May 2000. The Violin Concerto in D and the Double Concerto in A minor were both composed for Joachim who is incarnate here in the steely, finely economical tone of fiddler Gil Shaham. His powerful first-movement certainties are tinged with timid introspection in the beautiful adagio, but burst into urgent exuberance in the finale. Naturally he plays Joachim's first-movement cadenza and does so with polished ease, clearly demonstrating the fruitfulness of the composer's and dedicatee's relationship. Shaham is joined by cellist Jian Wang for the Double Concerto. Their intercourse veers between loving reciprocity and sparring antagonism, as did Joachim's with his wife who divorced him and with Brahms who censured him. Dramatic, volatile tension drives the first movement like a threatening family row. Abbado steers the wrestling like a manipulative referee, cajoling the orchestra into a ringside crowd. The thoughtful slow movement moves like an agile heavyweight while the thrilling four-round rondo finale begins with tentative jabs before a tutti onslaught of syncopated blows and grinding interspersed themes makes of it a canvas-pounding knockout that calls for an immediate replay. -Rick Jones.

Review The Originals / Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Tracks Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
  • "Tutto è come io lasciai" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Cosa sento! tosto andate" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "E perchè fosti meco" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Se vuol ballare, signor Contino" - Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Ed aspettaste il giorno fissato a le sue nozze" - Peter Lagger, Patricia Johnson, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Giunse alfin il momento" - Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Quanto duolmi, Susanna (Contessa, Susanna, Cherubino) - Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Tatiana Troyanos, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Oh guarda il demonietto! (Susanna) - Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Che imbarazzo è mai questo" - "Via, fatti core" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Vedro mentr'io sospiro" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Il capro e la capretta" - Patricia Johnson, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Io vi dico, signor" - "Cosa mi narri!" - Klaus Hirte, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Cinque... dieci... venti..." - Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "La vendetta, oh, la vendetta" - Peter Lagger, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Perfida! e in quella forma meco mentia?" - Hermann Prey, Tatiana Troyanos, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Che soave zeffiretto" - Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "E Susanna non vien!" - Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Non più andrai" - Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Ah! signore" ... "Cosa è stato?" (Antonio, Conte, Susanna, Contessa, Figaro) - Klaus Hirte, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Basilio, in traccia tosto" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis, Tatiana Troyanos, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Or bene, ascolta, e taci" - Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Queste sono, Madama" - "Eh cospettaccio!" - "Signor, se trattene" - Barbara Vogel, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Klaus Hirte, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Tatiana Troyanos, Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Giovani liete, fiori spargete (Coro) - Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
  • Vieni, cara Susanna (Contessa, Susanna, Cherubino) - Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Pace, pace, mio dolce tesoro - Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Riconosci in questo amplesso" - Patricia Johnson, Hermann Prey, Peter Lagger, Martin Vantin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "In quegli anni in cui val poco" - Erwin Wohlfahrt, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Esci, ormai, garzon malnato" - "Susanna!... Signore!" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Eccovi, o caro amico" - Patricia Johnson, Peter Lagger, Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Piegato è il foglio..." - Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Che novità!" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Pian pianin le andrò più presso" - Tatiana Troyanos, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Se a caso Madama la notte ti chiama" - Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Via resti servita, madama brillante" - Patricia Johnson, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio" - Tatiana Troyanos, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Va'là, vecchia pedante (Susanna, Cherubino) - Edith Mathis, Tatiana Troyanos, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "E decisa la lite" - Martin Vantin, Patricia Johnson, Hermann Prey, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Lagger, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Bravo! che bella voce!" - Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Tatiana Troyanos, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Tutto anchor no ho perso" - Patricia Johnson, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Eh già, solita usanza (Conte, Figaro) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Aprite, presto, aprite" - Edith Mathis, Tatiana Troyanos, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Deh vieni, non tardar" - Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Dove sono i bei momenti" - Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Cos'è questa commedia? (Conte, Figaro, Susanna) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
  • Andate, amici (Conte, Coro) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
  • "Quante buffonerie!" - "Chi picchia alla mia porta?" (Contessa, Susanna, Cherubino / Contessa, Conte, Cherubino) - Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Tatiana Troyanos, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Conoscete, signor Figaro (Conte, Figaro, Susanna, Contessa) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Barbarina, cos'hai?" - "Madre... Figlio." - "Presto, avvertiam Susanna" - Hermann Prey, Barbara Vogel, Patricia Johnson, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Cosa stai misurando" - Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Ricevete, o padroncina" - Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
  • Overture - Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Ah, son perduto!" - Tatiana Troyanos, Edith Mathis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Giovani liete, fiori spargete (Coro) - Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
  • "Aprite un po' quegli occhi" - Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Vostre dunque saran queste carte (Antonio, Conte, Figaro, Susanna, Contessa) - Klaus Hirte, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Signora, ella mi disse" - "Madama voi tremate" (Susanna, Marcellina / Susanna, Figaro, Contessa) - Edith Mathis, Patricia Johnson, Gundula Janowitz, Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Porgi amor" - Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Signore, cos'è quel stupore? (Susanna, Conte, Contessa) - Edith Mathis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Gente, gente, all'armi" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Martin Vantin, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Klaus Hirte, Peter Lagger, Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz, Tatiana Troyanos, Barbara Vogel, Patricia Johnson, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Nel padiglione a manca" - "E Barbarina.. chi va là?"- "Ha i diavoli nel corpo" (Barbarina / Figaro,Basilio, Bartolo / Basilio, Bartolo) - Barbara Vogel, Hermann Prey, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Peter Lagger, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Susanna, or via, sortite" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Susanna, son morta (Contessa, Susanna, Conte) - Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Signori di fuori son già i suonatori (Figaro, Conte, Susanna, Contessa) - Hermann Prey, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Andiamo, andiam, bel paggio" - Barbara Vogel, Tatiana Troyanos, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Tutto è disposto" - Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Hai già vinta la causa!" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Bravo, Signor padrone! (Figaro) - Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Evviva!" - Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Tatiana Troyanos, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "L'ho perduta... me meschina!" - Barbara Vogel, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Ecco qui la mia Susanna (Conte, Susanna, Figaro, Cherubino, Contessa) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Tatiana Troyanos, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Voi che sapete" - Tatiana Troyanos, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Venite... inginocchiatevi..." - Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Tutto è tranquillo e placido (Figaro, Susanna) - Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Ecco la marcia ... andiamo - Hermann Prey, Edith Mathis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Crudel! perchè finora" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • Amanti costanti, seguaci d'onor (Due donne, Coro) - Christa Doll, Margarethe Giehse, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
  • "Voi signor, che giusto siete" - Patricia Johnson, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Peter Lagger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz, Hermann Prey, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
  • "Dunque, voi non aprite?" - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm
Publisher: The Originals
Release date: 1996-10-14
Run time: 173 min.
Creator: Gundula Janowitz
RRP: £29.99
Price: £16.14

Review Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / The Originals:


Review University Of Minnesota Brass Band Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Antal Doráti / Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, Op.49; Capriccio Italien / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory
Tracks Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, Op.49; Capriccio Italien / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory
  • Commentary to the "1812 Overture"/Sound effects/Bells - Deems Taylor
  • 1. Battle - London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
  • Commentary to "Wellington's Victory"/Sound effects - Deems Taylor
  • Capriccio italien, Op.45 - Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
  • 2. Symphony of Triumph - London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
  • Ouverture solennelle "1812," Op.49 - Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, University Of Minnesota Brass Band, Antal Doráti
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 1995-11-13
Run time: 66 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.20

Review Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, Op.49; Capriccio Italien / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory / University Of Minnesota Brass Band Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Antal Doráti:

This disc caused quite a stir when first issued in the early 1960s. With a panoply of infantry in the Beethoven, and bells and cannon in the Tchaikovsky, Dorati goes for maximum impact: just what both pieces need when heard outside the concert hall or arena. Wellington's Victory has often been labelled Beethoven's worst major work-pointlessly if you consider it was written as a quick commission for a new line of mechanical instrument! Take it with a fair pinch of salt and enjoy. 1812 is a better work than many people, including Tchaikovsky, would give it credit for. Again, it's not profound, nor was it meant to be. It sounds fabulous in this latest transfer-40 years just melt away as you listen. The Minneapolis SO is not in the "super league" of US orchestras, but they rise to the occasion as Dorati encourages them to do. You also get a hard and fast Capriccio Italen, and two discussions on how the sessions for the main works were set up. As the results amply demonstrate, it's a slice of recording history to treasure. -Richard Whitehouse.

Review Anna Netrebko Wiener Philharmoniker Gianandrea Noseda / Opera Arias
Tracks Opera Arias
  • Care compaggne, et voi, teneri amici ... Come per me sereno - Anna Netrebko, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gianandrea Noseda, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Ernst Dunshirn
  • "Crudele!-Ah no, mio bene!" - "Non mi dir, bell'idol" (Donna Anna)
  • Chanson du roi de Thule - Air des Bijoux
  • "Quando avran fine omai" - "Padre, germani, addio!" - Anna Netrebko, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gianandrea Noseda, David Aronson
  • Mesicku na nebi hlubokém
  • "Suis-je gentille ainsi?" / "Obéissons, quand leur voix appelle" - Anna Netrebko, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gianandrea Noseda, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Ernst Dunshirn
  • "Les belles fleures" - "Entre l'amour et le devoir" - Quand j'aurai votre âge
  • "Quando me'n vò" (Musette's Waltz)
  • Ancor non giunse!...Regnava nel silenzio - Anna Netrebko, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gianandrea Noseda, Elina Garanca
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2003-09-15
Run time: 63 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.50

Review Opera Arias / Anna Netrebko Wiener Philharmoniker Gianandrea Noseda:


Review Jean Sibelius / Sibelius: The Symphonies / Tone Poems / Violin Concerto
Tracks Sibelius: The Symphonies / Tone Poems / Violin Concerto
  • En Saga, Op.9
  • 4. Finale (Allegro moderato)
  • 1. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
  • Symphony No.7 in C, Op.105
  • 2. Adagio di molto - Boris Belkin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 4. Finale (Quasi una fantasia)
  • 1. Allegro molto moderato
  • 2. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto
  • Romance in C, Op.42 - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 2. Allegro molto vivace
  • 3. Alla marcia (Moderato)
  • 4. Allegro
  • Lento assai - Boris Belkin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 1. Allegro moderato
  • Andante assai - Boris Belkin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 3. Scherzo (Allegro)
  • 2. Devotion, Op.77b - Boris Belkin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 1. Intermezzo (Moderato)
  • 3. Vivacissimo - Lento e suave - Largamente
  • 1. Allegro moderato - Boris Belkin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 3. Moderato - Allegro (ma non tanto)
  • 3. Allegro molto
  • Luonnotar, Op.70 - Elisabeth Söderström, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 1. Tempo molto moderato - Largamente - Allegro modera- to
  • Tapiola, Op.112
  • 2. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
  • 3. Allegro, ma non tanto - Boris Belkin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 2. Andante (ma non troppo lento)
  • 1. Allegretto - Poco allegro - Tranquillo, ma poco a poco ravvivando il tempo al allegro
  • Valse triste, Op.44 - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 3. Il tempo largo
  • Finlandia, Op.26
  • 2. Allegretto moderato
  • 1. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico
  • 3. Poco vivace
  • 4. Allegro molto
  • 2. Ballade (Tempo di menuetto)
  • 2. Tempo andante, ma rubato - Andante sostenuto
  • 1. Laetare anima mea, Op.77a - Boris Belkin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2003-03-10
Run time: 368 min.
RRP: £22.99
Price: £15.25

Review Sibelius: The Symphonies / Tone Poems / Violin Concerto / Jean Sibelius:


Review Gemini / Itzhak Perlman - The Kreisler Collection
Tracks Itzhak Perlman - The Kreisler Collection
  • El Pano Moruno
  • Liebesfreud
  • La Precieuses
  • Marguerite Op.38 No.3
  • Cancion
  • Variations On A Theme By Corelli
  • Allegretto
  • La Folia
  • Chanson Louis XIII And Pavane
  • Sarabande And Allegretto
  • Moto Perpetuo Op.11
  • Viennese Melody
  • Polo
  • Dancing Doll
  • Malaguena Op.165 No.3
  • Scherzo
  • Melody Op.16 No.2
  • Romance Op.4
  • Preghiera
  • La Chasse
  • Nana
  • Danse Espagnole
  • Andante Cantabile
  • Song Without Words Op.62 No.1
  • Chanson Sans Paroles
  • Caprice In A Minor
  • Midnight Bells
  • Slavonic Dance No.1 In G Minor
  • Hungarian Dance In F Minor
  • Liebesleid
  • Devil's Trill Sonata
  • Londonderry Air
  • Jota
  • Aubade Provencale
  • Fugue In A
  • Menuet
  • Rondino On A Theme By Beethoven
  • Rondo
  • La Gitana
  • Prelude And Allegro
  • Caprice No.20
  • Asturiana
Publisher: Gemini
Release date: 2006-04-03
Run time: 158 min.
Creator: Samuel Sanders
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.63

Review Itzhak Perlman - The Kreisler Collection / Gemini:


Review Sound Circus / Bach - French Suites
Tracks Bach - French Suites
  • Suite No. 1 in D minor BWV 812
  • Suite No. 2 in C minor BWV 813
  • Suite No. 5 in G Major BWV 816
  • Suite No. 6 in E Major BWV 817
  • Suite No. 3 in B minor BWV 814
  • Suite No. 4 in E flat Major BWV 815
Publisher: Sound Circus
Release date: 2003-06-30
Creator: Joanna MacGregor
RRP: £9.99
Price: £8.42

Review Bach - French Suites / Sound Circus:


Review Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Mozart: The Symphonies /Pinnock
Tracks Mozart: The Symphonies /Pinnock
  • 1. Allegro assai
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Presto
  • 3. Allegro
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 4. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 4. Molto allegro
  • 2. (Andante)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Allegro
  • 1. Adagio - Allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro spirituoso
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. (Allegro)
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Allegro con brio
  • 4. Allegro
  • 3. Finale (Allegro vivace)
  • 4. Finale (Allegro assai)
  • 4. Molto allegro
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 4. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Andante cantabile
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 4. Allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Menuetto - Trio
  • 4. Allegro
  • 4. Molto allegro
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 1. Allegro con spirito
  • 3. Finale (Presto)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Allegro moderato
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 3. Presto
  • 1. Overture
  • 4. Allegro
  • 1. Molto allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante con moto
  • 4. Finale (Presto)
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 1. Allegro maestoso
  • 1. Molto allegro
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 1. Allegro maestoso
  • 1. Allegro vivace
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Molto allegro
  • 3. Allegro
  • 3. Presto
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro spiritoso
  • 2. Andantino grazioso
  • 3. Tempo I
  • 1. Allegro
  • 4. Allegro molto
  • 3. Allegro
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 4. Presto
  • 4. Presto
  • 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
  • 2. Andante di molto più tosto Allegretto
  • 4. Presto
  • 3. Menuet - Trio
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Allegro molto
  • 1. Allegro assai
  • 4. Allegro
  • 2. Andante grazioso
  • 4. Allegro
  • 4. Allegro molto
  • 1. Allegro maestoso
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro moderato
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Allegro molto
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Finale (Allegro)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 3. Presto assai
  • 4. (Allegro)
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andantino
  • 3. (Allegro)
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andantino grazioso
  • 1. Allegro spiritoso
  • 2. Andante grazioso
  • 1. Molto presto
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Allegro vivace
  • 1. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
  • 4. Allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Allegro assai
  • 3. Menuet
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Allegro con spirito
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 1. Allegro assai
  • 2. Andantino grazioso
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andantino
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 2. Andantino con moto
  • 1. (Allegro)
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Adagio - Allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Allegro spiritoso
  • 1. Allegro
  • 4. Finale (Presto)
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro
  • 4. Molto allegro
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 3. Presto assai
  • 4. Presto
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Finale (Allegro assai)
  • 3. Presto
  • 3. Presto
  • 2. Andante
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Molto allegro
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Molto allegro
  • 3. Allegro
  • 2. Andante moderato
  • 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
  • 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Menuetto (allegretto)
  • 3. Allegro
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2002-09-09
Run time: 816 min.
RRP: £49.99
Price: £31.99

Review Mozart: The Symphonies /Pinnock / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:


Review Ileana Cotrubas James Bowman Janet Baker Glyndebourne Festival Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Raymond Leppard / Cavalli: La Calisto - realised by Raymond Leppard
Tracks Cavalli: La Calisto - realised by Raymond Leppard
  • Va pur, va pur, va seco - James Bowman, Peter Gottlieb, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Racconsolata e paga - Teresa Kubiak, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Ninfa bella, che mormora di marito - Hugues Cuenod, Janet Hughes, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Che non l'ami volete? - Janet Baker, James Bowman, Owen Brannigan, Federico Davia, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Improvvisi stupori - James Bowman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • E'Calisto, d'arco armata - Ileana Cotrubas, Peter Gottlieb, Ugo Trama, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • D'aver un consorte io son risoluta - Hugues Cuenod, Janet Hughes, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Restino imbalasamate - Ileana Cotrubas, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Al fin la tanto rigida quella - Janet Hughes, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Ascender qui ved'io - Janet Baker, James Bowman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Interprete mal buona - Hugues Cuenod, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Sien mortali o divini - Ileana Cotrubas, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Cor mio, che vuoi tu? - Janet Baker, Janet Hughes, James Bowman, Peter Gottlieb, Federico Davia, Owen Brannigan, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Lucidissima face - James Bowman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Ma come scherna acerbetta - Peter Gottlieb, Ugo Trama, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Calisto alle stelle - Ileana Cotrubas, Peter Gottlieb, Ugo Trama, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Amara servitù - Janet Baker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Mi si fà gelo il sangue - Ileana Cotrubas, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Dalle gelose mie cure - Teresa Kubiak, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Ardo, sospiro e piango - Hugues Cuenod, Janet Baker, James Bowman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Numi selvatici - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Vivo per te, pietosa - Janet Baker, James Bowman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Alme pure e volanti - Teresa Cahill, Enid Hartle, Marjorie Biggar, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Sgorgate ancor sgorgate - Ileana Cotrubas, Teresa Kubiak, Janet Baker, Peter Gottlieb, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Piacere maggiore havere non può - Hugues Cuenod, Ileana Cotrubas, Janet Baker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Del fuoco fulminato - Peter Gottlieb, Ugo Trama, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Chi non ti crederebbe - Ileana Cotrubas, Janet Baker, Peter Gottlieb, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Resta, oh adorata Dea - Janet Hughes, Janet Baker, Federico Davia, Owen Brannigan, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2004-09-09
Run time: 120 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £13.70

Review Cavalli: La Calisto - realised by Raymond Leppard / Ileana Cotrubas James Bowman Janet Baker Glyndebourne Festival Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Raymond Leppard:


Review Renée Fleming English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate / The Beautiful Voice
Tracks The Beautiful Voice
  • No.14b Air des bijoux: "Ah! Je ris de me voir"
  • Epilogo
  • Nr.10 Csárdás: "Klänge der Heimat"
  • Last Rose of Summer (Thomas Moore)
  • Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Doretta's Dream Song)
  • 2. Bailero
  • Je marche sur les chemins...Obéissons quand leur voix appelle)
  • "In trutina"
  • Vocalise, Op.34, No.14
  • Gypsy Melodies, Op.55, No.4 - Songs My Mother Taught Me
  • "Depuis le jour"
  • Glück, das mir verblieb (Mariettalied)
  • Vilja-Lied
  • Morgen, Op.27, No.4
Publisher: London
Release date: 1998-02-09
Run time: 69 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.39

Review The Beautiful Voice / Renée Fleming English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate:

Soprano Renée Fleming is unquestionably one of the outstanding artists of our time, and she does indeed have a beautiful voice. It is well and interestingly displayed in this decidedly eclectic collection. That eclecticism may prove a problem for some listeners; Ms. Fleming's singing is the only motif the album could be said to have. There are assorted arias by assorted composers, a brief chunk of Orff's Carmina Burana, one lone number from Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne, a bit of operetta, Rachmaninoff's Vocalise, and a single song by Richard Strauss. Thematically it's a jumble, but it's all exquisitely performed. -Sarah Bryan Miller.

Review Monteverdi / Bach - Cantatas, Vol 14
Tracks Bach - Cantatas, Vol 14
  • Aria: Tenor Ihr Gedanken Und Ihr Sinnen
  • Recitativo: Sopran Doch Wie Erblickt Es Dich In Deiner Krippe
  • Aria: Tenor Gott, Dem Der Erden Kries Zu Klien
  • Choral Lob, Ehr Und Dank Sei Dir Gesagt
  • Aria: Tenor Christenkinder, Freuet Euch!
  • Coro
  • Recitativo E Choral
  • Choral Das Hat Er Alles Uns Getan
  • Choral
  • Recitativo: Alt Der Gnade Unermesslich's Wesen
  • Choral Die Sund Macht Leid
  • Aria: Sopran, Alt Die Armut, So Gott Auf Sich Nimmt
  • Recitativo: Bass O Christenheit
  • Aria: Bass Johannis Freudenvolles Springen
  • Recitativo: Bass Dir, Herr, Ist Niemand Gleich
  • Choral Schuttle Deinen Kopf Und Sprich
  • Recitativo: Teno das Wort Ward Fliesch Und Wohnet In Der Welt
  • Coro dazu Ist Erschienen Der Sohn Gottes
  • Aria: Sopran, Tenor Ehre Sei Gott In Der Hohe
  • Aria: Alt Ach Herr Was Ist Ein Menschenkind
  • Choral Jesu, Nimm Dich Deiner Glieder
  • Coro Christum Wir Sollen Loben Schon
  • Recitativo: Alt Die Schlange, So Im Paradies
  • Aria: Bass Hollische Schlange
  • Aria: Tenor O Du Von Gott Erhohte Kreatur
  • Coro Unser Mundi Sei Voll Lachens
  • Aria
Publisher: Monteverdi
Release date: 2005-10-03
Run time: 71 min.
Creator: Monteverdi Choir
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.93

Review Bach - Cantatas, Vol 14 / Monteverdi:


Review Philips / Handel: Messiah
Tracks Handel: Messiah
  • 29. Accompagnato: He was cut off - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 44. Chorus: Since by man came death - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 43. Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth - Margaret Marshall, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 3. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 48. Duet: O death where is thy sting? - Charles Brett, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 41. Air: Thou shalt break them - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 17a. Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind - Catherine Robbin, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 18a. Duet: He shall feed his flock - Catherine Robbin, Margaret Marshall, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 35. Chorus: The Lord gave the word - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 16. Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion - Margaret Marshall, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 46. Air: The trumpet shall sound - Robert Hale, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 27. Accompagnato: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 6. Chorus: And He shall purify the sons of Levi - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 50. Air: If God be for us - Charles Brett, Elizabeth Wilcock, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 8. Air - 9. Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings - Catherine Robbin, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 7. Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive - Catherine Robbin, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 24. Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • Symphony - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 4. Accompagnato: Thus saith the Lord - Robert Hale, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 30. Aria: But thou didst not leave - Margaret Marshall, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 14. Recitative: There were shepherds - Accompagnato: And lo, the angel of the Lord - Recitative: And the angel said unto them - Accompagnato: And suddenly - Saul Quirke, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 34a. Air: "Thou art gone up on high" - Charles Brett, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 15. Chorus: Glory to God in the highest - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 5. Air: "But who may abide the day of his coming" - Charles Brett, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 2. Air: Ev'ry Valley shall be exalted - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 32. Recitative: Unto which of the angels - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 49. Chorus: But thanks be to God - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 45. Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you a mystery - Robert Hale, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 25. Accompagnato: All they that see Him - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 38. Air: Why do the nations - Robert Hale, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 26. Chorus: He trusted in God - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 19. Chorus: His yoke is easy - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 42. Chorus: "Hallelujah" - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 33. Chorus: Let all the angels of God - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 37a. Chorus: Their sound is gone out - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 12. Chorus: "For unto us a Child is born" - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 10. Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover - Robert Hale, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 47. Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass - Charles Brett, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 36. Air: How beautiful are the feet - Margaret Marshall, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 11. Air: The people that walked in darkness - Robert Hale, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 39. Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 28. Arioso: Behold and see - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 1. Accompagnato: Comfort ye, My people - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 22. Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 40. Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 51. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb... Amen - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 31. Chorus: Lift up your heads - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 21. Air: He was despised - Catherine Robbin, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 23. Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
  • 20. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God - The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Publisher: Philips
Release date: 1992-02-11
Run time: 136 min.
Creator: Georg Friederich Handel
RRP: £30.99
Price: £18.85

Review Handel: Messiah / Philips:


Review Naxos / Seven: a Suite for Orchestra
Tracks Seven: a Suite for Orchestra
  • Neap Tide
  • Ram
  • Spring Tide
  • Black Down
  • Spirit Of Gravity
  • Earthlight
  • Gateway
Publisher: Naxos
Release date: 2004-03-29
Run time: 58 min.
Creator: Mike Dixon
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.78

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.

Review Cala / The London Horn Sound
Publisher: Cala
Release date: 1999-06-29
Run time: 74 min.
Creator: Geoffrey Simon
RRP: £12.99
Price: £10.78

Review The London Horn Sound / Cala:


Review City Waites / Lusty Songs & Country Dances of 17th Century England
Tracks Lusty Songs & Country Dances of 17th Century England
  • Jockey's Lamentation (Wit and Mirth or Pills to Purge Melancholy)
  • Lumps of Pudding
  • My Dog and I
  • Paul's Wharf
  • Diddle Diddle or the Kind Country Lovers
  • Traders Medley (Wit and Mirth or Pills to Purge Melancholy)
  • Three Ravens (Melismata 1611)
  • Northern Lasses Lamentation (Possibly Martin Parker)
  • Blue Cap
  • Newcastle
  • You Lasses and Lads (Wit and Mirth or Pills to Purge Melancholy)
  • Bobbing Jo
  • Merry, Merry Milkmaids
  • Baffled Knight (Deuteromelia 1609)
  • Branles
  • Nine Pins/Jenny Pluck Pears/Half Hanekin
  • Brooms for Old Shoes (Melismata 1611)
  • Farmer's Cursed Wife (Tune: Lillibulero)
  • Broom of the Cowdenowes
  • Tomorrow the Fox Will Come to Town (Deutermelia 1609)
  • We Be Soldiers Three (Dueteromelia 1609)
  • Jovial Broom Man
  • Chirping of the Lark/Parsons Farewell
  • Tobacco Is an Indian Weed
  • Crossed Couple
Publisher: Regis
Release date: 2007-04-02
Run time: 71 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.98

Review Lusty Songs & Country Dances of 17th Century England / City Waites:


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