Tracks Khachaturian: Orchestral Works
- Sym No. 2 in e, 'The Bell': Third Movt: Andante Sostenuto
- Sym No. 2 in e, 'The Bell': Second Movt: Allegro Risoluto
- The Battle Of Stalinggrad: City On The Volga: Andante Maestoso
- The Battle Of Stalinggrad: Battle Of The Motherland: Moderato Assai
- Sym No. 2 in e, 'The Bell': Fourth Movt: Andante Mosso-Allegro Sostenuto. Maestoso
- The Battle Of Stalinggrad: Stalingrad On Fire: Lento Sostenuto
- The Battle Of Stalinggrad: Invasion: Allegro Alla Marcia
- The Battle Of Stalinggrad: 'There Is A Crag On The Volga': Andante Maestoso
- The Battle Of Stalinggrad: Forward Into Victory: Tempo Di Marcia
- Sym No. 2 in e, 'The Bell': First Movt: Andante Maestoso
Release date: 2008-04-28
Run time: 59 min.
Creator: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.20
Review Khachaturian: Orchestral Works / ASV:
Tracks Pärt - Da Pacem
- Dopo La Vittoria
- Psalm 117
- Littlemore Tractus
- Salve Regina
- Psalm 131
- An Den Wassern Zu Babel
- Magnificat
- Da Pacem Domine
- Nunc Dimittis
Release date: 2006-09-04
Run time: 64 min.
Creator: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.11
Review Pärt - Da Pacem / Harmonia Mundi:
Publisher: Sony Classics
Release date: 1997-10-06
Creator: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.60
Review Copland - Orchestral Works-Bernstein / Sony Classics:
Tracks Chopin - Ballades; Scherzos
- No. 3, Op. 47 in A-Flat
- No. 1, Op. 23 in G Minor
- No. 3, Op. 39 in C-Sharp Minor
- No. 4, Op. 52 in F Minor
- No. 2, Op. 31 in B-Flat Minor
- No. 4, Op. 54 in E
- No. 1, Op. 20 in B Minor
- No. 2, Op. 38 in F
Release date: 2004-10-11
Run time: 71 min.
Creator: Artur Rubinstein
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.99
Review Chopin - Ballades; Scherzos / Living Stereo:
Tracks Hummel - Piano Concertos; Theme and Variations, Op.97
Release date: 2001-02-12
Run time: 68 min.
Creator: London Mozart Players
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.85
Review Hummel - Piano Concertos; Theme and Variations, Op.97 / Chandos:
Publisher: Warner Classics
Release date: 2004-04-19
Creator: Roderick Elms
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.95
Review British Light Classics / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra:
Tracks Bach: Christmas Oratorio
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Er hat sein Volk getroest't'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo: Da das der Konig Herodes horte
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel Fuhren'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Aria: Flosst, mein Heiland, flosst dein Namen
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Und sie kamen eilend'
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Und asbald war da bei dem Engel'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: So geht! Genug, mein Schatz
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo: Da Jesus geboren war zu Bethlehem
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo accompagnato: Warum wollt ihr erschrekken?
- I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage'
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Was Gott dem Abraham verheissen'
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Schliesse, mein Herze'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo: Mein Liebster herrschet schon
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Recitativo: Wohlan, dein Name soll allein
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum
- I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Nun wird mein liebster Brautigam'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Dein Glanz all' Finsternis verzehrt
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo: Wo ist der neugeborne Koenig der Juden?
- I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Und sie gebahr ihren ersten Sohn'
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Seid froh, dieweil'
- I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Grosser Herr, o starker Koening'
- I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit'
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem'
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Herrscher des Himmels, erhoere das Lallen'
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um'
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Herrscher des Himmels, erhoere das Lallen'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Zwar ist solche Herzensstube
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Wir singen dir in deinem Heer'
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: Sinfonia
- VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Aria: Nur ein Wink von seinen Handen
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Dies hat er alles uns getan'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Recitativo: Und liess versammeln alle Hohenpriester
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Aria Terzetto: Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Ich will dich mit Fleiss bewahren'
- I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Bereite dich, Zion, mit zartlichen Trieben'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Jesus richte mein Beginnen
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: Wass will der Holle Schrecken nun
- I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Er ist auf Erden kommen arm'
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Ja, ja, mein Herz'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fallen
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Aria: Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Brich an, o schoenes Morgenlicht'
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Und der Engel sprach zu ihnen'
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Schlafe, mein Liebster'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Recitativo: Und da acht Tage um waren
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet'
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'So geht denn hin'
- I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Wie soll ich dich empfangen'
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Aria: Nun mogt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Ehre sei Gott in der Hoehe'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen
- I - Erste Kantate - For The First Day Of The Nativity: 'Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein!'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: V - Funfte Kantate - For The Sunday After The Circumcision: Aria: Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: IV - Vierte Kantate - For The Feast Of The Circumcision Of Christ: Recitativo: Immanuel, o suesses Wort!
- III - Dritte Kantate - For The Third Day Of The Nativity: 'Herrr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen'
- II - Zweite Kantate - For The Second Day Of The Nativity: 'Und das habt zum Zeichen'
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Recitativo: Als sie nun den Konig gehoret hatten
- Weihnacts-Oratorium: VI - Sechste Kantate - For Epiphany: Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier
Release date: 1999-10-01
Creator: Klaus Mertens
RRP: £12.99
Price: £9.54
Review Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Erato:Like that of the Easter and Ascension oratorios, the music of the Christmas Oratorio was compiled mainly from Bach's secular cantatas. That said, individual texts and scores were also considerably reworked for the composer to come up with a densely argued and pristinely shaped structure which assumes the form of a six-part arch, taking the Nativity story from Birth, via Annunciation, Adoration, Circumcision and Naming to the Coming of the Magi and their eventual climactic Adoration. Reciprocally well argued and formed is Tom Koopman's fastidious reading with his own well-drilled Baroque Orchestra and Choir. From a festive and rustic opening onwards-trumpets and timpani bristling with energy and attack-Koopman rightly treats the oratorio as a journey of discovery. And what lavish treats lie in store along the way, not in the least the immaculate contributions of all four vocal soloists, especially the velvety alto of Elisabeth von Magnus and the rich bass of Klaus Mertens. Propulsive tempi assist in keeping both the drama and the momentum going, and there's some sharp split-second editing to ensure that recitatives, arias and choruses really flow. Add the pristine playing of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, plus fine recording balance between them, soloists and choir for a thrilling and first-rate rendition. -Duncan Hadfield.
Tracks The Three Tenors (1994)
- Rigoletto: Act 3: La Donna E Mobile - Giuseppe Verdi
- Werther: Act 3: Pourquoi Me Réveiller - Jules Massenet
- Tu, Ca Nun Chiagne - Jules Massenet
- America (Around the World): America (Around the World) - Leonard Bernstein
- Te Quiero Dijiste (Around the World) - María Mendez Grever
- Because (A Tribute to Hollywood) - Jules Massenet
- My Way (A Tribute to Hollywood): My Way - Lalo Schifrin
- Be My Love (Around the World) - Nicholas Brodszky
- Maravilla: Amor, Vida de Mi Vida - Jules Massenet
- Cid: Act 3: O Souverain, Ô Juge, Ô Père - Jules Massenet
- Funiculí, Funiculà (Around the World) - Luigi Denza
- Spring Is Here: With a Song in My Heart - Richard Rodgers
- Non Ti Scordar di Me - Jules Massenet
- Turandot, Opera: Act 3: Nessun Dorma! - Giacomo Puccini
- Brazil (Around the World) - Joaquim Antônio Barroso Neto
- Pagliacci: Vesti la Giubba - Jules Massenet
- Die Lustige Witwe: Lippen Schweigen (Around the World) - Franz Lehár
- Granada - Agustín Lara
- Marechiare (Around the World) - Francesco Paolo Tosti
- Torna a Surriento (Around the World) - Jules Massenet
- Singin' in the Rain (A Tribute to Hollywood): Singin' in the Rain - Lalo Schifrin
- Tribute to Hollywood/Moon River - Henry Mancini
- Santa Lucia Luntana (Around the World) - Jules Massenet
- All I Ask of You (Around the World): All I Ask of You (Around the ...) - Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Traviata: Act I: Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici (Brindisi) - Giuseppe Verdi
- Those Were the Days (Around the World) - David Raksin
- Sous Les Ponts de Paris (Around the World) - Vincent Scotto
Release date: 1994-08-29
Run time: 73 min.
Creator: Luciano Pavarotti
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.75
Review The Three Tenors (1994) / Teldec:It's not opera; it's not a pop concert; it's not Broadway. It's all of these and none of them. Once you accept the fact that this sequel to the original blockbuster concert recording is less about music and more about entertainment and the power of musical personalities, you can appreciate what you're hearing as an event-phenomenal and bizarre, momentous and frivolous. This is an occasion to celebrate the voices and egos of three huge superstars and to have fun listening as Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras interact, bouncing lines off each other and playing to the overwhelmingly enthusiastic audience. Much of the fun and flavour of the concert is dependent on seeing the action, though, and without the visuals you notice flaws in the singing much more. Domingo comes off as the more solid performer and his voice is in far better shape than the other two. But if you crave big, high and loud-and you don't take your opera too seriously-you'll love this disc. -David Vernier It's not opera; it's not a pop concert; it's not Broadway. It's all of these and none of them. Once you accept the fact that this sequel to the original blockbuster concert recording is less about music and more about entertainment and the power of musical personalities, you can appreciate what you're hearing as an event-phenomenal and bizarre, momentous and frivolous. [+]This is an occasion to celebrate the voices and egos of three huge superstars, and to have fun listening as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Jose Carreras interact, bouncing lines off each other and playing to the overwhelmingly enthusiastic audience. Much of the fun and flavor of the concert is dependent on seeing the action, though, and without the visuals you notice flaws in the singing much more. Domingo comes off as the more solid performer, and his voice is in far better shape than the other two. But if you crave big, high, and loud-and you don't take your opera too seriously-you'll love this disc. -David Vernier.
Tracks Beethoven: The Early Quartets
- 2. Andante scherzoso, quasi allegretto
- 1. Allegro con brio
- 4. Presto
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I
- 2. Menuetto
- 3. Scherzo (Allegro)
- 3. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
- 3. Allegro
- 1. Allegro
- 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
- 1. Allegro con brio
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Adagio ma non troppo
- 4. La Malinconia (Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro - Adagio - Allegretto - Poco adagio - Prestissimo)
- 4. Allegro
- 4. Allegro molto, quasi presto
- 3. Scherzo (Allegro)
- 1. Allegro ma non tanto
- 2. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
- 4. Allegro
- 4. Allegro
- 3. Andante cantabile
- 2. Andante con moto
Release date: 2004-02-09
Run time: 147 min.
Creator: Takács Quartet
RRP: £22.99
Price: £15.28
Review Beethoven: The Early Quartets / Universal Classics:
Tracks Classical Chill
- Shepherd's farewell from "The Chilhood of Christ" - Berlioz
- String Quartet in the C Major OP.76 No.3 "Emperor" 2nd movement - Haydn
- Claire de lune - Debussy
- Serenade for strings in E Major, OP.22 - Dvarak
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, OP 18 2nd movement, Adagio Sostenuto - Rachmaninov
- Serenade for strings in C Major OP.48 second movement (Waltz)
- Misere mei, dues - Allegri
- The carnival of the animals - Saint Saens
- Canan - Pachelbel
- Concerto for violin, oboe and strings in C Minor-2nd movement-Adagio - J.S. Bach
- Piano sanata No.14 in C Sharp Minor, OP.27 No.2 "Moonlight", 1st movement - Beethoven
- Gymnopedie No. 1 - Satie
- "Morning" from Peer Gynt - Grieg
- String Quarter No 2 in D "Nocturne" - Barodin
- Air on the G-String (From Orchestral suite No.3 in D) - J.S. Bach
- Clarinet Concerto in A Major K622 (Excerpt) - Mozart
- Flower Duet from Lakme - Delibes
- Adagio for strings OP.11 - Barber
- Ave verum corpus K.618 - Mozart
- 4 Seasons, OP.8/1-4 - Summer (Adagio) - Vivaldi
- Spartacus - Suite, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia - Khatchaturian
- Pavane pour une infante defunte - Ravel
- Violin concerto in E Minor OP.64 (Excerpt) - Mendelssohn
- Violin concerto No.1 in the G Minor OP.26 - 2nd movement - Adagio - Bruch
Release date: 2002-04-13
Run time: 146 min.
Creator: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RRP: £7.99
Price: £1.70
Review Classical Chill / Metro Doubles:
Tracks Schubert: Piano Quintet - "Trout"
- 5. Finale (Allegro giusto)
- 3. Scherzo (Presto)
- 1. Allegro vivace
- 4. Thema - Andantino - Variazioni I-V - Allegretto
- 2. Andante
Release date: 2006-05-15
Run time: 38 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.13
Review Schubert: Piano Quintet - "Trout" / Members of the Cleveland Quartet Alfred Brendel:
Tracks Bach: Sonatas And Partitas
- - Double
- 1. Grave
- 6. Gigue
- 4a. Tempo di Borea
- 4. Giga
- 8. Double
- 4. Presto
- 4a. Minuet I
- 3. Siciliana
- 2. Fuga
- 6. Double
- 2. Fuga (Allegro)
- 5. Ciaccona
- 1. Preludio
- 5. Bourrée
- 4. Allegro assai
- 3. Sarabande
- 4. Allegro
- 1. Adagio
- 3. Andante
- 2. Fuga
- 3. Gavotte en Rondeau
- 2. Corrente
- 2. Loure
- 3a. Sarabande
- 1. Adagio
- 2a. Corrente
- 3. Largo
- 1a. Allemanda
- 1. Allemande
- 4b. Minuet II
- - Double
Release date: 1998-03-16
Run time: 124 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.96
Review Bach: Sonatas And Partitas / Nathan Milstein:
Tracks The Great Violin Concertos - Kyung Wha Chung
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 3. Allegro, ma non tanto
- 3. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo)
- 1. Allegro moderato
- 2. Andante - Kyung Wha Chung, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
- 2. Larghetto - - Kyung Wha Chung, Wiener Philharmoniker, Kyril Kondrashin
- 1. Allegro molto appassionato - Kyung Wha Chung, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
- 3. Rondo (Allegro) - Kyung Wha Chung, Wiener Philharmoniker, Kyril Kondrashin
- 2. Adagio di molto
- 1. Allegro ma non troppo - Kyung Wha Chung, Wiener Philharmoniker, Kyril Kondrashin
- 2. Canzonetta (Andante)
- 3. Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace - Kyung Wha Chung, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
Release date: 1996-10-14
Run time: 137 min.
Creator: Kyung-Wha Chung
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.97
Review The Great Violin Concertos - Kyung Wha Chung / Double Decca:
Publisher: British Composers
Release date: 1995-02-20
Run time: 73 min.
Creator: Ian Hare
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.71
Review Britten: Choral Works / British Composers:
Tracks Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2
- 2. Allegro appassionato
- 4. Allegretto grazioso - Un poco più presto
- 1. Allegro non troppo
- 3. Andante - Più adagio
Release date: 2000-05-22
Run time: 49 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £6.08
Review Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 / Maurizio Pollini Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado:The piano concerto was no bravura lollipop to Brahms, who elevated concertos almost to the status of symphonies. But his two piano concertos are certainly not lacking in drama or virtuosity and they are given with edge-of-the-seat vitality here by two of music's giants-or three if you count the orchestra, the mighty Berlin Philharmonic, playing superbly. Perhaps the immediacy of the readings is heightened by the fact that both recordings are taken from live performances: the first concerto in the Vienna Musikverein in 1997 and the second in the Berlin Philharmonie in 1995. And if live performances conjures up thoughts of audiences making unsolicited contributions, don't worry. Either the Austrian and German audiences were particularly well behaved or the DG engineers have done miracles, because there is not so much as a single hand-clap, let alone any coughing and spluttering. As two Italians, Abbado and Pollini can be expected to turn in spirited performances, which they certainly do. But these are also thoughtful readings that will long outlive the appeal of more showy interpretations. -Keith Clarke.
Tracks Mozart Effect: Music for Children - Vol.1: Tune Up Your Mind
- 5 Variations On Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, K.265 - Jeno Jando
- Andantino, Symphony No.24 In B Flat Major, K.182 - Northern Chamber Orchestra
- 'Rondo' From Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 - Michael Copley
- Variations, Sinfonia In E Flat Major, K.297b - Capella Istropolitana
- Andante, Symphony No.17 In G Major, K.129 - Northern Chamber Orchestra
- Allegro Moderato, Violin Concerto No.2 In D Major, K.211 - Capella Istropolitana
- Andante, Symphony No.15 In G Major, K.124 - Northern Chamber Orchestra
- Allegro Aperto, Violin Concerto No.5 In A Major, K.219 - Capella Istropolitana
Release date: 2006-01-03
RRP: £11.99
Price: £9.40
Review Mozart Effect: Music for Children - Vol.1: Tune Up Your Mind / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Tracks Chopin - Etudes
- 12 Etudes, Op. 10
- 12 Etudes, Op. 25
Release date: 2002-09-23
Creator: Murray Perahia
RRP: £16.99
Price: £4.47
Review Chopin - Etudes / Sony Classical:Through channelling his intelligent virtuosity toward musical ends, Murray Perahia reveals the distinctive voice of each Chopin Étude, rather than imposing a "one style fits all" aesthetic upon the music. His easy mastery of the right-hand double-note challenges of Op. 10 No. 7 and Op. 25 Nos. 6 & 8 and the taxing rotary patterns of the famous "Black Key" and "Winter Wind" études enable him to clarify their significant left-hand component. Note, too, the "Octave" étude's long-lined ebb and flow, or a sharper, more aggressive C-sharp Minor, Op. 10 No. 4, than the one Perahia recorded in the early 1990s. But his unusually brisk take on the E-flat minor (Op. [+]10 No. 6) trivialises the music's aching harmonic tension, and the two C Minor Études (including the "Revolutionary") are a shade inhibited compared with the unbridled bravura of the versions by György Cziffra (Philips) and Juana Zayas (Music & Arts). These quibbles, however, should not prevent piano lovers from experiencing Perahia's well-considered and superbly engineered interpretations of the oft-recorded masterpieces. -Jed Distler.
Tracks Vivaldi - Gloria; Magnificat
- XII Cum Sancto Spiritu
- VI Suscepit Israel
- IV Fecit Potentiam
- I Magnificat Anima Mea
- I GLoria In Excelsis Deo
- Sonata 'Al Santo Sepolcro' RV 130
- IV Gratias Agimus Tibi
- II Et In Terra pax
- V Propter Magnam Gloriam Tuam
- In Exitu Israel RV 604
- VIII Domine Deus, Angnus Dei
- XI Quoniam Tu Solas Sanctus
- VIII Gloria Patri
- Antiphona, Salve Regina
- IX Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
- VII Domine Fili Unigenite
- VII Sicut Locutus Est
- X Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris
- Laetatus Sum RV 607
- II Et Exultavit
- Kyrie 'Cum Jubilo'
- V Esurientes Implevit Bonis
- III Et Misericordia
- Hymnus, Ave Maris Stella
- III Laudamus Te
- Sinfonia 'Al Santo Sepolcro' RV 169
- Laudate Dominum Omnes Gentes RV 606
- VI Domine Deus
Release date: 2006-08-07
Run time: 68 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.44
Review Vivaldi - Gloria; Magnificat / Antonio Vivaldi:
Publisher: Classics for Pleasure
Release date: 1991-09-23
Creator: Cambridge King's College Choir
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.79
Review Carols from King's / Classics for Pleasure:
Publisher: Naive
Release date: 2003-11-03
RRP: £30.99
Price: £25.39
Review Mozart: String Quartets /Quatuor Mosaïques / Quatuor Mosaiques:
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