Tracks Enrico Caruso - The Complete Recordings, Volume 8
- Cuius Anamam, Stabat Mater Rossini
- Oh! Mostruosa Colpa! Sí, Pel Ciel; Otello, Act II Verdi
- Lasciati Amar Leoncavallo
- Les Rameaux Faure
- Sérénade Espagnole Ronald
- Manella Mia Valente
- Trusting Eyes Gartner
- Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did Not Know - Ohara
- La Partida Alvarez
- Sérénade De Don Juan Tchaikovsky
- Fenesta Che Lucive Cottrau
- Addio Alla Madre, Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni
- Flores Purisimas, El Milagro De La Virgen - Chapi
- Guardanna Luna De Crescenzo
- Ò Scherzo Od Follia, Un Bello In Maschera, Act 1 Verdi
- Parted Tosti
- La Rivedrà Nell Estasi, Un Bello In Maschera, Act 1 Verdi
- Les Rameaux Faure
- Amor Mio Ricciardi
Release date: 2002-02-04
Run time: 70 min.
Creator: Enrico Caruso
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.99
Review Enrico Caruso - The Complete Recordings, Volume 8 / Naxos Historical:
Publisher: Chaconne
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 54 min.
Creator: Mark Padmore
RRP: £15.99
Price: £12.95
Review Purcell: Dioclesian, Pt.2 / Chaconne:
Publisher: Ultima
Release date: 1998-08-31
Creator: Eric Tappy
Price: £9.99
Review Stravinsky: Orchestral Works / Ultima:
Publisher: Decca
Release date: 1999-05-24
Creator: Luciano Pavarotti
Price: £9.99
Review Love Duets / Decca:
Tracks Enrico Caruso - Complete Recordings, Vol.3
- O quanti occhi fisi - Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- Ackho, dolce svegliare all mattina - Puccini: La bohème
- Bella figlia dell'amore - Verdi: Rigoletto
- Solenne in quest'ora - Verdi: La forza del destino
- O soave fanciulla - Puccini: La bohème
- Del tempio al limita - Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
- Bella figlia dell'amore - Verdi: Rigoletto
- Deserto in terra - Donizetti: Don Sebastiano
- Celeste Aida - Verdi: Aida
- Chi mi frena in tal momento? - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
- Vesti la giubba - Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
- Bella figlia dell'amore - Verdi: Rigoletto
- O Mimi, tu più non torni - Puccini: La bohème
- Deserto in terra - Donizetti: Don Sebastiano
- Adorables tourments - Barthélemy
- O paradiso - Meyerbeer: L'africana
- Un dì all'azzurro spazio - Giordano: Andrea Chenier
- Ideale - Tosti
- Triste ritorno - Barthélemy
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 69 min.
Creator: Enrico Caruso
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.87
Review Enrico Caruso - Complete Recordings, Vol.3 / Naxos Historical:
Tracks Delius: Fennimore and Gerda
- Ninth Picture
- Fifth Picture
- Eleventh Picture
- Sixth Picture
- Eighth Picture
- (Interlude: Very Slow)
- (Prelude: Very Quietly, Not Dragging)
- Tenth Picture
- Second Picture
- Fourth Picture
- Third Picture
- First Picture
- (Prelude: With Sentiment)
- (Prelude: Very Slow)
- Seventh Picture
Release date: 1997-03-01
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: Birger Brandt
RRP: £9.99
Price: £21.95
Review Delius: Fennimore and Gerda / British Composers:
Tracks The Greatest Tenors of the 20th Century
- L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima
- La Boheme: Che gelida manina
- Rigoletto: Ella mi fu rapita... Parmi veder le lagrime
- Aida: Se quel guerrier io fossi! ... Celeste Aida
- Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai
- Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Morgenlich leuchtend
- Die Walkure: Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater
- Don Giovanni: Dalla sua pace
- Die lustige Witwe: O Vaterland ... Da geh' ich ins Maxim
- Il barbiere di Siviglia: Ecco ridente in cielo
- Yevgeni Onegin: Nu, shto zhe? ... Kuda, kuda, kuda, vy udalilis
- Die Zauberflote: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
- Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
- Der fliegende Hollander: Mein Herz voll Treue bis zum Sterben
- Madama Butterfly: Madchen, in deinen Augen liegt ein Zauber
- Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail: Wenn der Freude Tranen flessen
- Pagliacci: Recitar!... Vesti la giubba
- Lohengrin: In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten
- Paloma querida
- L'Africaine: O paradiso!
- La Traviata: Lunge da lei ... De' miei bollenti spiriti
- Les Contes d'Hoffman: Il etait une fois a la cour d'Eisenach
- Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee
- La Gioconda: Cielo e mar
- La forza del destino: La vita e inferno... O tu, che in seno
- Tosca: Recondita armonia
- West Side Story: Maria
Release date: 2000-02-28
Creator: Helge Rosvaenge
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.49
Review The Greatest Tenors of the 20th Century / Deutsche Grammophon:
Publisher: Classical
Release date: 1994-05-01
Creator: Plácido Domingo
Price: £16.95
Review The First Placido Domingo International Voice Competition / Classical:
Tracks Verdi - Aida - excs
- Act II: Gloria All'Egitto - Chor Of The ROHCG/Douglas Robinson
- Act III: Rivedrai Le Foreste Imbalsamate - Montserrat Caballe/Piero Cappuccilli
- Act IV: Qual Gemito! - Placido Domingo/Montserrat Caballe
- Act IV: Vorrei Salvarlo - Fiorenza Cossotto
- Act I: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi - Placido Domingo
- Act I: Or, Di Vulcano Al Tempio - Luigi Roni/Nicolai Ghiaurov/Montserrat Caballe/Placido Domingo/Fiorenza Cossotto...
- Act I: Ritorno Vincitor! - Montserrat Caballe
- Act III: O Patria Mia - Montserrat Caballe
- Act II: O Re, Pei Sacri Numi - Placido Domingo/Nicolai Ghiaurov/Luigi Roni/Fiorenza Cossotto/Montserrat Caballe...
- Act IV: Morir, Si Pura E Bella - Placido Domingo/Montserrat Caballe
- Act IV: Gia I Sacerdoti - Fiorenza Cossotto/Placido Domingo
- Act III: Qui Radames Verra - Montserrat Caballe
- Act I: Celeste Aida - Placido Domingo
Release date: 2001-08-06
Creator: RMSM Kneller Hall Fanfare Trumpeters
RRP: £6.99
Price: £1.69
Review Verdi - Aida - excs / EMI Classics:
Publisher: EMI
Release date: 1993-04-01
Run time: 50 min.
Creator: London Philharmonic Choir
RRP: £16.98
Price: £14.95
Review Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex / London Philharmonic Orchestra:
Publisher: RCA Red Seal
Release date: 2004-05-10
Run time: 71 min.
Creator: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.41
Review Puccini Heroines / London Symphony Orchestra:
Tracks The World of Film Music
- Elizabeth: Nimrod from "Enigma Variations" - Elgar
- Fantasia 2000: Disappearance of the palace and of Kashchey's spells; Captive warriors emerge from spell, general rejoicing
- The Man Who Cried: Di quella pira from "Il trovatore" - Verdi
- Star Wars: Main Title - Williams
- Henry V: Charge and Battle - Walton
- Driving Miss Daisy: O silver moon from "Rusalka" - Dvorák
- Trainspotting: Habanera from "Carmen Suite No.2" - Bizet
- Eyes Wide Shut: Waltz No.2 from "Jazz Suite No.2" - Shostakovich
- Hilary and Jackie: Adagio-Moderato from Cello Concerto - Elgar
- Titanic: The Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Strauss II
- Dangerous Moonlight: "Warsaw" Concerto - Addinsell
- Hilary and Jackie: Badinerie from Suite No.2 in B minor - Bach
- Hannibal: Aria from "Goldberg Variations" - Bach
- The man who wasn't there: Adagio cantabile from Piano Sonata No.8, op.13 "Pathétique" - Beethoven
- The Yards: Saturn, the bringer of old age from "The Planets" - Holst
Release date: 2002-08-26
Creator: William Walton
RRP: £8.99
Price: £7.41
Review The World of Film Music / Decca:
Tracks Bach: St Matthew Passion
- Part I: No. 32 Recitative: And He Came Again And Found Them Sleeping
- Part II: No. 75 Bass Aria: Make Thee Clean, My Heart, From Sin - Stephen Roberts
- Part I: No. 5 Chor: Not Upon The Feast
- Part II: No. 44 Chor: O Lord, Who Dares To Smite Thee?
- Part II: No. 36 Contralto Aria With Chor: Ah! Now Is My Saviour Gone - Alfreda Hodgson/The Bach Chor/The Boys Of St. Paul's Cathedral Chor
- Part I: No. 3 Chor: O Blessed Jesu, How Hast Thou Offended?
- Part II: No. 66 Bass Aria: Come, Healing Cross - Stephen Roberts
- Part II: No. 63 Chor: O Sacred Head Surrounded By Crown Of Piercing Thorn
- Part I: No. 19 Sop Aria: Jesus Saviour, I Am Thine - Felicity Lott/Michael Dobson/Lorraine Wood
- Part II: No. 60 Recitative: O Gracious God!
- Part I: No. 35 Chor: O Man, Thy Grievous Sin Bemoan
- Part II: No. 58 Sop Aria: For Love My Saviour Now Is Dying - Felicity Lott/Michael Dobson/Lorraine Wood
- Part II: No. 69 Recitative: Ah Golgotha! Unhappy Golgotha! - Michael Dobson/Lorraine Wood/The Bach Chor/The Boys Of St. Paul's Cathedral Chor
- Part I: No. 13 Recitative: Now Is The First Day Of The Unleaveneed Bread
- Part I: No. 8 Recitative: When Jesus Understood It
- Part II: No. 68 Recitative: The Same Was Cast In His Teeth By The Robbers
- Part II: No. 77 Recitative With Chor: And Now The Lord To Rest Is Laid
- Part II: No. 46 Recitative: And Then He Began To Curse And To Swear
- Part II: No. 50 Recitative: Now He Cast The Silver Pieces Down In The Temple
- Part II: No. 52 Recitative: And They Took Counsel Together
- Part II: No. 41 Tenor Aria: Endure, Endure - Neil Jenkins/Charles Tunnel
- Part I: No. 34 Recitative: And Behold, One Of The Others Which Were There With Jesus
- Part I: No. 10 Contralta Aria: Grief For Sin - Alfreda Hodgson/Richard Adeney/Richard Dobson
- Part II: No. 59 Recitative With Chor: But They Cried Out The More
- Part II: No. 53 Chor: Commit Thy Way To Jesus
- Part II: No. 51 Bass Aria: Give, O Give Me Back My Lord - Stephen Roberts/Roger Garland
- Part I: No. 26 Tenor Solo With Chor: I Would Beside My Lord Be Watching - Michael Dobson/The Bach Chor/The Boys Of St. Paul's Cathedral Chor
- Part I: No. 31 Chor: O Father, Let Thy Will Be Done
- Part I: No. 17 Recitative: He Answered Them And Said
- Part I: No. 14 Chor: Where Wilt Thou?
- Part II: No. 54 Recitative With Chor: At That Feast Then
- Part II: No. 43 Recitative With Chor: And Then With One Accord Did They Spit In His Face
- Part II: No. 65 Recitative: In Truth To Bear The Cross - Richard Adeney/Richard Dobson/The Bach Chor/The Boys Of St. Paul's Cathedral Chor
- Part I: No. 9 Recitative: My Master And My Lord - Richard Adeney/Richard Dobson/The Bach Chor/The Boys Of St. Paul's Cathedral Chor
- Part II: No. 49 Recitative With Chorus: Now When The Morning Came
- Part II: No. 64 Recitative: And After They Had Mocked Him
- Part I: No. 33 Sop And Contralto Duet With Chor: Behold, My Saviour Now Is Taken - Felicity Lott/Alfreda Hodgson/The Bach Chor/The Boys Of St. Paul's Cathedral Chor
- Part I: No. 2 Recitative: When Jesus Had Completed All These Sayings
- Part II: No. 45 Recitative With Chorus: Simon Peter Sat Outside The Court
- Part II: No. 61 Contralto Aria: If My Tears Be Unavailing - Alfreda Hodgson
- Part II: No. 57 Recitative: To All Men Jesus Good Hath Done - Michael Dobson/Lorraine Wood
- Part II: No. 37 Recitative: And They That had Laid Hold On Jesus
- Part I: No. 21 Chor: Receive Me, My Redeemer
- Part I: No. 30 Recitative: And He Came To His Disciples
- Part II: No. 71 Recitative With Chor: Now From the Sixth Hour
- Part I: No. 7 Chor: To What Purpose Is This Waste?
- Part I: No. 6 Recitative: Now When Jesus Was In Bethany
- Part II: No. 62 Recitative With Chor: And Then Did The Soldiers Of The Governor
- Part I: No. 22 Recitative: Simon Peter Made Answer
- Part II: No. 73 Recitative With Chor: And Then, Behold, The Veil Of The Temple Was Rent
- Part II: No. 38 Chor: How Falsely Doth The World Accuse!
- Part II: No. 40 Recitative: He Holds His Peace Though Men Accuse Him Falsely
- Part I: No. 24 Recitative: Then Came Jesus WithThem
- Part I: No. 20 Recitative: And After They Had Sung An Hymn Together
- Part II: No. 67 Recitative With Chor: And When They Came Unto The Place Called Golgotha
- Part I: No. 15 Recitative With Chor: He Said, Go To One In The City Yonder
- Part I: No. 28 Recitative: The Saviour, Low Before His Father Bending
- Part I: No. 29 Bass Aria: Gladly Would I Take Upon Me - Stephen Roberts
- Part I: No. 4 Recitative: At That Time There Assembled The Chief Priests
- Part II: No. 76 Recitative With Chor: And Joseph Took The Body
- Part II: No. 48 Chor: Lamb Of God, I Fall Before Thee
- Part II: No. 74 Recitative: At Evening , The Hour Of Calm And Peace
- Part I: No. 1 Chor: Come, Ye Daughters, Share My Mourning
- Part II: No. 78 Chor: In Tears Of Grief, Dear Lord, We Leave Thee
- Part I: No. 23 Chor: Here Would I Stand Behind Thee
- Part II: No. 39 Recitative: Yea, Though Many Lying Witnesses Came Forward
- Part I: No. 12 Sop Aria: Break In Grief - Felicity Lott/William Bennett/Alexa Turpin
- Part I: No. 18 Recitative: Although Our Eyes With Tears O'erflow - Michael Dobson/Lorraine Wood/The Bach Chor/The Boys Of St. Paul's Cathedral Chor
- Part II: No. 70 Contralto Aria With Chor: See Yee! See The Saviour's Outstretched Hands! - Alfreda Hodgson/Michael Dobson/Lorraine Wood
- Part I: No. 27 Recitative: And He Went Away
- Part I: No. 11 Recitative: Then Went One Of The Disciples
- Part II: No. 72 Chor: Be Near Me, Lord, When Dying
- Part II: No. 47 Contralto Aria: Have Mercy Lord, On Me - Alfreda Hodgson/John Bacon
- Part I: No. 25 Tenor Solo With Chor: O Grief! How Throbs His Heavy-Laden Breast! - Neil Jenkins/The Boys Of St. Paul's Cathedral Chor
- Part II: No. 42 Recitative With Chor: And The High Priest Answered And Said Unto Him
- Part II: No. 56 Recitative: The Governor Answereed
- Part II: No. 55 Chor: O Wondrous Love, That Suffers This Correction
- Part I: No. 16 Chor: Tis I, Whose Sins Have Bound Thee
Release date: 1995-02-08
Run time: 188 min.
Creator: Neil Jenkins
RRP: £14.99
Price: £75.95
Review Bach: St Matthew Passion / Quicksilva:The St. Matthew Passion, Bach's monumental retelling of the story of the Last Supper and the arrest and execution of Jesus, typically runs from two-and-a-half to three hours. Yet this performance makes the time. well, not exactly fly past (consider the subject matter), but it's not tedious for even a second. Much of the credit for this goes to the marvellous Evangelist, Ian Bostridge. He's an outstanding narrator: the clear tone and diction, skillful timing, and intense involvement with words that made him a famous lieder singer are all in evidence; his part consists of nothing but recitative, yet he holds your interest unfailingly. Franz-Josef Selig gives a more dramatic reading of Jesus than you usually hear these days-he may be a bit too "operatic" for some listeners, but he really communicates his character's very human anguish and sorrow. Similarly, soprano Sibylla Rubens, tenor Werner Güra, and bass Dietrich Henschel sometimes unleash a bit too much vibrato for some tastes, but their singing is full-throated and attractive and they're very sensitive to the nuances in the text and music. [+]Superstar countertenor Andreas Scholl is the standout-he combines unearthly purity with very earthly feeling and blends beautifully with the baroque instruments. The real stars of the record, however, are Philippe Herreweghe and his remarkable choir and orchestra. This conductor and his musicians (especially his radiant choir Collegium Vocale) have always been superb at conveying warmth, devotion, and contemplation, but intense joy, anguish, or anger have sometimes seemed beyond them. Not here: they cover the full emotional range of this work-from reverent reflection to anguished remorse to churning fury-without ever crossing the line into melodrama or sacrificing clarity. On top of all this, you get a CD-ROM chock full of interesting and well-organised information (in English, German, and French): texts as well as an overview with a timeline of Bach's life, a discussion of how the work is put together, marvellous graphics, sound clips, and an extensive interview with Herreweghe himself. A superb accompaniment to a superb release. -Matthew Westphal.
Tracks Beniamino Gigli in Song
- Tango
- Eres Tu
- Rondine Al Nido
- Le Cygne
- Vecchio Ritornello
- Paquita
- Marta
- Sto Penzanno 'A Maria
- Occhi Turchini
- Sentinella
- Triste Maggio
- Notturno D'Amore
- Funiculi, Funicula
- Musica Proibita
- Canta Pe' Me
- Goodbye Mari
- Manulinata A Napule
- Santa Lucia Luntana
- Notturno D'Amore
- Stornelli Marini
- Tu Sola
- Come Love With Me
- Povero Pulcinella
- Serenata
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 77 min.
Creator: Beniamino Gigli
RRP: £10.99
Price: £8.27
Review Beniamino Gigli in Song / Pearl:
Price: £43.48
Review Verdi: Stiffelio:
Tracks ZAIDE: Mozart Edition, Vol.36
- Zaide (Das Serail): Eilt, Gomatz, ihr wisst den Weg!
- Zaide (Das Serail): Jeder Kunstler strebt nach Ehre
- Zaide (Das Serail): Hort, Zaide, ich werde euch die Freiheit schenken
- Zaide (Das Serail): March in D, KV 335, #1
- Zaide (Das Serail): Ungluckseliger!
- Zaide (Das Serail): Trostlos schluchzet Philomele
- Zaide (Das Serail): Meine Seele hupft voor Freuden
- Zaide (Das Serail): Nur mutig, mein Herze
- Zaide (Das Serail): Tiger! wetze nur die Klauen
- Zaide (Das Serail): Act 2 : Saide entflohen!
- Zaide (Das Serail): Act 1: Bruder, lasst uns lustig sein
- Zaide (Das Serail): Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben
- Zaide (Das Serail): Ah! So gut habe ich noch nie geschlafen
- Zaide (Das Serail): Noch nie war wir vergonnt
- Zaide (Das Serail): We hungrig bei der tafel sitzt
- Zaide (Das Serail): Ich bin so bos' als gut
- Zaide (Das Serail): Es ist umsonst
- Zaide (Das Serail): Nun zu dir, Allazim
- Zaide (Das Serail): /Bester Jungling
- Zaide (Das Serail): Herr und Freund!
- Zaide (Das Serail): Sinfonia In G, KV 318 (Overture)
- Zaide (Das Serail): Rase, Schicksal, wute immer
- Zaide (Das Serail): Da schlagt die Abschiedsstunde
- Zaide (Das Serail): O selige Wonne!
- Zaide (Das Serail): O grober Soliman
- Zaide (Das Serail): Ihr Machtigen seht ungeruhrt
- Zaide (Das Serail): Weshalb mub ich im dunklen Kerker schmachten?
- Zaide (Das Serail): Meine Seele hupft vor Freuden
- Zaide (Das Serail): Weit Weiche ich von meiner Pflicht
- Zaide (Das Serail): Ouverture
- Zaide (Das Serail): Ich bin die erste Sangerin
- Zaide (Das Serail): Der stolze Low'
- Zaide (Das Serail): Unerforschliche Fugung
- Zaide (Das Serail): Freundin! stille deine Tranen
- Zaide (Das Serail): Da steht ihr also vor mir
- Zaide (Das Serail): Nun, so waren wir den Allazim los!
Release date: 1991-10-08
Run time: 118 min.
Creator: Anthony Rolfe Johnson
RRP: £19.99
Price: £13.98
Review ZAIDE: Mozart Edition, Vol.36 / London Symphony Orchestra:
Tracks Bach: Cantatas, Nos 102 & 151
- Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102: 3. Aria: Weh Der Seele - Janet Baker/Peter Pears/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Aldeburgh Festival Singers
- Celebrate This Festival: Celebrate This Festival
- Celebrate This Festival: Britain Now, Thy Cares Beguile
- Celebrate This Festival: 'Tis Sacred, Bid The Trumpet Cease
- Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt, BWV 151: 5. Chor: Heut Schleusst Et Wieder Auf Die Tur - Heather Harper/Helen Watts/Peter Pears/John Shirley-Quirk/Wandsworth School Boys' Chor
- Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt, BWV 151: 3. Aria: In Jesu Demut Kann Ich Trost - Heather Harper/Helen Watts/Peter Pears/John Shirley-Quirk/Wandsworth School Boys' Chor
- Celebrate This Festival: Let Sullen Discord Smile
- Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102: 7. Chor: Heut Lebst Du, Heut Bekehre Dich - Janet Baker/Peter Pears/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Aldeburgh Festival Singers
- Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102: 5. Aria: Erschrecke Doch, Du Allzu Sichre Seele! - Janet Baker/Peter Pears/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Aldeburgh Festival Singers
- Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102: 1. Chor: Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben - Janet Baker/Peter Pears/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Aldeburgh Festival Singers
- Celebrate This Festival: Celebrate This Festival
- Celebrate This Festival: Expected Spring At Last Is Come
- Celebrate This Festival: Kindly Treat Maria's Day
- Celebrate This Festival: Sym/Canzona
- Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102: 4. Arioso: Verachtest Du Den Reichtum Seiner... - Janet Baker/Peter Pears/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Aldeburgh Festival Singers
- Celebrate This Festival: While For A Righteous Cause He Arms
- Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt, BWV 151: 1. Aria: Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt - Heather Harper/Helen Watts/Peter Pears/John Shirley-Quirk/Wandsworth School Boys' Chor
- Celebrate This Festival: Return, Fond Muse, The Thoughts Of War
- Celebrate This Festival: Happy Realm Beyond Expressing
- Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102: 6. Recitativo: Beim Warten Ist Gefahr - Janet Baker/Peter Pears/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Aldeburgh Festival Singers
- Celebrate This Festival: April Who Till Now Has Mourn'd
- Celebrate This Festival: Crown The Altar, Deck The Shrine
- Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt, BWV 151: 4. Recitativo: Du Teuerer Gottessohn - Heather Harper/Helen Watts/Peter Pears/John Shirley-Quirk/Wandsworth School Boys' Chor
- Celebrate This Festival: Departing Thus, You'll Hear Him Say
- Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben, BWV 102: 2. Rectativo: Wo Ist Das Ebenbild - Janet Baker/Peter Pears/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Aldeburgh Festival Singers
- Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt, BWV 151: 2. Recitativo: Erfreue Dich, Mein Herz - Heather Harper/Helen Watts/Peter Pears/John Shirley-Quirk/Wandsworth School Boys' Chor
Release date: 2000-06-12
Creator: John Shirley-Quirk
RRP: £9.99
Price: £24.79
Review Bach: Cantatas, Nos 102 & 151 / Decca:Perhaps the mark of a truly great performance is its ability to resist the fashions of an age. These Bach cantatas could be described as "old fashioned" in their steadiness of speed, the timbre of the singers and instrumentalists, and so on; but just sample the opening movement of cantata no. 151 and you'll find a quality almost always absent from modern performances: tenderness. Britten loves this music, and he's not ashamed to show it. So do his singers and instrumentalists. And if Heather Harper is a bit swoony, a bit smooth by today's standards, who cares? After all, she's singing about comfort and rejoicing. Peter Pears also puts in a brief but memorably intense appearance in the same work. And the final chorale is sung with a wholehearted, congregational verve that Bach would surely have been pleased to receive in his Leipzig church. No. 102, with Baker, Pears and Fischer-Dieskau, also offers opportunities for some superlative instrumental playing from solo oboe and flute. [+]The disc is rounded out with Celebrate this Festival, and there is undoubtedly much to celebrate, with Britten's empathy for Purcell second to none. A superb disc, in decent sound. Unless you're irredeemably addicted to period instruments, buy this, and get a glimpse of true musical greatness. -Harriet Smith.
Tracks Caruso in Song
- Core 'Ngrato
- La Danza (Tarantella Napolitana)
- A Grananda
- L'Alba Separa Dalla Luce L'ombra
- Luna D'Estate
- La Campana Di San Guisto
- 'O Sole Mio
- Pieta, Signore
- The Lost Chord
- Guardanno 'A Luna - Enrico Caruso/Francis J. Lapitano
- Mattinata - Enrico Caruso/Ruggiero Leoncavallo
- Chanson De Juin, Op.102: No.6
- Cielo Turchino
- Vieni Sul Mar
- Serenade De Don Juan, Op.38: No.1
- Over There...Par La Bas
- Hantise D'Amour
- Uocchie Celeste - Enrico Caruso/Francis J. Lapitano
- Amor Mio
- Dreams Of Long Ago
- Tiempo Antico
Release date: 1993-11-01
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Ruggero Leoncavallo
RRP: £9.99
Price: £11.95
Review Caruso in Song / Orchestra:
Tracks Best Loved Classics, Volume 7
- Emperor Waltz, Op.437 - Wiener Johann Strauss Orch/Willi Boskovsky
- Pno Con No.2 in c, Op.18: I. Moderato - Cecile Ousset
- Ov 'La Scala Di Seta' - Polish CO/Jerzy Maksymiuk
- Troika - LPO/Klaus Tennstedt
- Die Lustige Witwe, Act II: Vilja-Lied - Lucia Popp
- Sym No.9 in e, Op.95: 'From The New World': II. Largo - Berliner Philharmoniker/Klaus Tennstedt
- Str Qrt No.1 in C, Op.11: II. Andante Cantabile - ASMF/Sir Neville Marriner
- Moto Perpetuo - Salvatore Accardo
- In The Hall Of The Mountain King - Beecham Chor Society/Denis Vaughan
- Rhap 'Espana' - Philharmonia Orch/Herbert Von Karajan
- Faust, Act III: Quel Trouble Inconnu... Salut! Demeure - Jose Carreras
Release date: 2001-01-15
Run time: 74 min.
Creator: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
RRP: £9.99
Price: £8.99
Review Best Loved Classics, Volume 7 / Academy of St Martin in the Fields:
Tracks Lauritz Melchior
- Otello: Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar
- Die Meistersinger: Preislied (Morgenlich Leuchtend)
- Die Walkure: Brunnhilde/Siegmund/Sieglinde Scene: Siegmund! Sieh Auf Mich... Schweig, Und... - Lauritz Melchior/Kirsten Flagstad/Lotte Lehmann
- I Pagliacci: Recitar...Vesti La Giubba
- Parsifal: Nureine Waffe Taugt
- Die Walkure: Sieglinde/Seigmund Scene: Raste Nun Hier, Gonne Der Ruh...Hinweg! Hinweg...Horch!... - Lauritz Melchior/Lotte Lehman
- Parsifal: Amfortas! Die Wunde!
- Lohengrin: Hochstes Vertrau'n
- Tannhauser: Dir Tone Lob
- Otello: Niun Mi Tema
- Die Walkure: Wintersturme
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 69 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £8.48
Review Lauritz Melchior / Richard Wagner:
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