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Cat. No.: 1749533 |
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André Rieu, violin/conductor
TRACK LISTING CD 1 1. Also sprach Zarathustra
CD 2 ‘Together with my wife Marjorie, I have searched out the most beautiful fairy-tale music for you from all over the world. So come with me to Fairy-tale Land, gently close your eyes and dream of princes and princesses, shimmering castles in the sky and strange and wonderful things. Enjoy the lovely music, and may you live happily ever after!’ - André Rieu The highlight of the André Rieu year is surely going to be André Rieu in Wonderland – a spectacular concert given in Efterlink, in Holland. It’s a fantasy world come true, the ideal Christmas gift for young and young-at-heart. |
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Cat. No.: 480 0254 |
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What is the one concerto you cannot live without? This question was asked of the Australian public through a poll by ABC Classic FM and the result is this collection – the Classic 100 Concerto. Over nine hours of music on 8CDs, this definitive set includes legendary performances by some of the greatest Australian and international artists ever captured on vinyl, as well as new releases never before available on CD. |
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Cat. No.: 475 8177 |
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REPERTOIRE LISTING CD 1: The Operas: CD 2: Sacred Arias and Neapolitan Songs CD 3: "Pavarotti in conversation": The great tenor in his own words. CD 4: Debut EP+ Bonus duets with Bono, Elton John and Frank Sinatra
The Pavarotti Story: The ultimate tribute to a legendary singer, this deluxe 4CD set comprises Pavarotti's definitive musical biography. Released only two months after the great tenor sadly passed away in his home town of Modena, this commemorative set documents Pavarotti's life story in both words and music. Presented in superb, high quality packaging including a 70 page illustrated booklet of Pavarotti's life story, a complete 82 page full-colour illustrated Pavarotti discography and two principal CDs as well as two bonus CDs. James Jolly's essay A Tenor for our Times is presented alongside notes on each of the songs and arias, all in three languages (English, French, German). Of the CDs, containing many of his outstanding and most-loved recordings, the first is entitled The Operas, the second Sacred Arias and Neapolitan Songs, while the two bonus CDs contain "Pavarotti in conversation": The Great Tenor in his own words, and his original Debut EP recording from 1964 alongside six bonus tracks crossing from opera to duets with Bono, Elton John and Frank Sinatra. |
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Cat. No.: 480 0136 |
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The Cambridge Buskers
TRACK LISTING CD1
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CD3 SCHUBERT: Marche Militaire ROSSINI: Overture from The Silken Ladder CD4 Is nothing sacred? The Cambridge Buskers bring their madcap humour to the greats of classical music – more than 130 tracks – with everything from the Hallelujah Chorus and the 1812 Overture to Ravel’s Bolero and the Teddy Bears’ Picnic! And not forgetting Beethoven’s Nine Symphonies in under four minutes… This 4CD set brings together eight of the pair’s most famous albums, released for the first time on CD. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll shake your head in amazement, but most of all you’ll enjoy classical music like you’ve never heard it before. |
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Cat. No.: 174 7937 |
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TRACK LISTING 1 No Frontiers
Singer, actor, radio and television presenter, Arsenal supporter, Welshman… Aled Jones has been a household name for 25 years now. And to mark his silver jubilee in the limelight he’s recorded the first ‘rock’ album of his career. “Don’t worry – I haven’t gone thrash metal or anything,” laughs Aled. “But I did think it was about time I tried something new.” That ‘something new’ is Reason to Believe, a selection of songs old and new, secular and (occasionally) devotional, showcasing the voice that has been entrancing audiences since he was a choirboy. The album – Aled’s first with a band, and his first since a close brush with death last Christmas - includes a duet with Cerys Matthews that’s sure to become a radio favourite, and other notable collaborations with Leona Daly and Gretchen Peters. “I’ve been singing hymns for years and I’m 36 years old now,” explains Aled. “So I’ve gone looking for songs with the same inspirational quality as a hymn, but not necessarily the same subject matter. And I think I’ve found them.” Cerys added on her participation with the project, "I've always loved The Drifters' version of 'Some Kind Of Wonderful' and it's been eight years since I recorded 'Baby It's Cold Outside' with Tom Jones so it was good to do another duet with a fellow countryman. I did my vocals in Nashville, where I've been living, and Aled did his in London so I'm looking forward to us singing it together after I move back to the UK with my two children in September." Many will already be familiar: Cat Stevens’s ‘Father And Son’ has also been taken to the top of the charts by Boyzone, while Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ has become a standard in the hands of Jeff Buckley. Likewise, ‘If’ is equally well known by Bread and ‘Kojak’ star Telly Savalas who took it to number one in 1975, while Rod Stewart has stamped his mark on Tim Hardin’s ‘Reason To Believe’ just as surely as James Taylor is the definitive voice of Carole King’s ‘You’ve Got A Friend’. One thing is for sure: they are all given fresh life by Aled, whose distinctive voice, still as pure as when he was winning eisteddfods as a boy in Anglesey, stamps its mark on everything he sings. Of course he’s come a long way since ‘Walking In The Air’ brought him to public attention at the age of 12. The album will be promoted on SBS-TV. |
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Cat. No.: 530 4197 |
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David Hobson, vocals
TRACK LISTING DAVID HOBSON: Bigger Than Us
David Hobson is one of Australia’s best-known classical singers and most engaging musical personalities. Familiar to audiences around the country for his TV appearances on Dancing with the Stars and It Takes Two, as well as for his performances with Opera Australia, David is equally at ease in the glamour of the concert platform and in the rough-and-tumble of musical comedy. In this album, he presents music with an unashamedly popular flavour: songs of our own time, coming straight from the heart. |
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Cat. No.: 476 6356 |
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The Choirboys
TRACK LISTING 1. O Holy Night (featuring All Angels)
The Choirboys are back for Christmas - the faces may have changed, but the voices are as pure as ever. Two years ago, The Choirboys became the UK’s bestselling classical group of the year, as their debut album sold 100,000 copies in its first week of release and went on to ship almost 300,000 units. It was a top 10 pop chart Hit, followed by a tour to Japan, performances with the likes of Bryn Terfel and a Top 20 Christmas single! A further 45,000 units of that record have been shipped internationally. Now we have three new Choirboys. Andrew (12), William (11) and Bill (12) possess the three finest voices of their age - and already have several years’ experience between them of both recording and international performance. Andrew and William were both discovered singing at Westminster Abbey in the BBC Young Chorister of the Year competition, a title that William won and currently holds O Holy Night (recently voted Classic fM’s number one Christmas track) features From traditional carols to lighter Christmas classics, The Carols Album is a wonderful collection of brand new recordings for the festive gifting period! |
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Cat. No.: 480 0197 |
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
TRACK LISTING RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1
‘This present reissue with Previn and the LSO dates from 1972 yet the sound and balance are superb and there is nothing to cloud or impede one’s sense of Ashkenazy’s greatness in all these works….Previn works hand in glove with his soloist. Clearly, this is no one-night partnership but the product of the greatest musical sympathy, of a mutual skill and affection.’ Gramophone 'Ashkenazy has made few more distinguished discs as conductor than these Rachmaninov symphony recordings of the early 1980s…. several shorter orchestral works in which Ashkenazy arguably has no peer, notably the Symphonic Dances and the Isle of the dead.’ Gramophone |
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Cat. No.: 477 7018 |
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Plácido Domingo | Carlo Maria Giulini | Seiji Ozawa | Claudio Abbado | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim | Martha Argerich | Wilhelm Kempff | Emil Gilels | James Levine | Mirella Freni | Carlos Kleiber | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and many, many more!
TRACK LISTING Includes excerpts from: An exceptional collection of the 75 best loved classical masterpieces, interpreted by the greatest artists on the prestigious label Deutsche Grammophon, which has always been a synonym for quality par excellence. |
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Cat. No.: 174 5187 |
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TRACK LISTING 1. Opening
The dramatic and thrilling original score to the golden age is composed by Craig Armstrong (‘Moulin Rouge’) and Indian cinema legend Ar Rahman! Composer Craig Armstrong has written the music for a string of cinema hits, not least Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge and Love Actually. AR Rahman has been composing music for Indian cinema for many years and is known as the John Williams of the Indian film industry - more recently he collaborated with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on Bombay Dreams. The UCJ soundtrack features their large-scale combined efforts for this powerful, Oscar-tipped film. FILM SYNPOSIS |
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Cat. No.: 476 6195 |
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TRACK LISTING 1. Briony
Original score composed by Dario Marianelli | Piano solos performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet Atonement features another haunting original score from composer Dario Marianelli, with piano solos by Decca artist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. UCJ’s Pride & Prejudice soundtrack has sold over 195,000 units worldwide. The film will open the 64th Venice Film Festival on August 29th - it is the first time in the festival’s history that the selected opening film is the work of a young director (Joe Wright). FILM SYNOPSIS |
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Cat. No.: 476 6347 |
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TRACK LISTING 1 You Gotta Be The Choir of Hard Knocks is a group of homeless and disadvantaged people who share a love of singing and come together once a week under the leadership of Founding Choir Director Jonathon Welch. They have been practising together since September 2006. Listening to the final master of this Choir of Hard Knocks CD, it is hard to imagine this is the same Choir that I created just a little over 12 months ago, and even harder to believe how much joy and inspiration the Choir of Hard Knocks has brought to the nation with their sheer courage and determination! Jonathon Welch - Founding Music Director |
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