The Music Pages | December 2009


	Cat. No.: 272 6773 Barcode: 0602527267739 Label: Universal DVD Release Date: December			ANDRÉ RIEU \| Live in Sydney ARTISTS Names TRACK LISTING 1.Seventy-Six Trombones (Willson) 2. Overture: Carmen (Bizet) 3.Intermezzo Sinfonico (from Cavalleria Rusticana) (Mascagni) 4. La danza (Rossini) featuring The Platin Tenors 5. Torna a Surriento (de Curtis) featuring The Platin Tenors 6.Gold and Silver (Lehár) 7. Ben (Scharf/Black) 8.The Earth Song (Michael Jackson) featuring Carmen Monarcha, Australian Girls Choir, National Boys Choir of Australia 9.España Cañi (Marquina) 10. I could have danced all night (from My Fair Lady) (Loewe) featuring Mirusia Louwerse, Carmen Monarcha, Kalki Schrijvers, The Platin Tenors 11.With a little bit of luck (from My Fair Lady) (Loewe) featuring Mirusia Louwerse, Carmen Monarcha, Kalki Schrijvers, The Platin Tenors 12. I am Australian (B. Woodley / D. Newton) featuring Alan Jones 13.E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) (Puccini) featuring The Platin Tenors 14. Da geh ich zu Maxim (from The Merry Widow) (Lehár) featuring The Platin Tenors 15. Volga Song (Lehár) 16. Memory (from Cats) (Lloyd Webber) featuring Mirusia Louwerse 17.Waltzing Matilda (Cowan) featuring Mirusia Louwerse 18.On the beautiful blue Danube (J. Strauss II) 19.Ode to Joy (Beethoven) featuring Mirusia Louwerse, Carmen Monarcha, Kalki Schrijvers, The Platin Tenors 20.Radetzky March (J. Strauss I) 21.Strauss & Co. (J. Strauss II) A bright young man – The Blue Danube – Vienna Blood – Lips are sealed 22.Libiamo (Drinking Song) (from La Traviata) (Verdi) 23. Adieu, mein kleiner gardeoffizier (Stolz, Reisch) featuring Mirusia Louwerse, Carmen Monarcha, Kalki Schrijvers, The Platin Tenors 24.Introducing Dame Edna Everage 25.Neighbours: theme (Hatch, Trent) featuring Dame Edna Everage 26. Dame Edna Everage speaks… 27.Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms) featuring Rupert Buesst 28.Dame Edna Everage speaks… 29.I Still Call Australia Home (Allen) featuring Dame Edna Everage 30.Advance Australia Fair (McCormick) In 2008, André Rieu’s DVD “Live in Australia”, recorded at his concerts in Melbourne, broke all records to become the biggest-selling music DVD in this market, regardless of genre. The frenzy generated in December was simply staggering. We’ve reached 20 x Platinum on this! This year, the scene shifts to Sydney, and rush-released from his November concerts is the star-studded DVD to end all DVDs for Christmas. It features special guests Alan Jones (singing “I am Australian”) and a hilarious finale featuring Dame Edna Everage. It also features Mirusia, the Australian singer who again managed to stop the show with her magnificent rendition of “Memory”, and The Three Tenors who joined voices for “La danza” and the evergreen favourite “Come back to Sorrento”. And a certain untamed bull who’s let loose on the audience… RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 272 5562 Barcode: 0602527255620 Label: Universal DVD Release Date: December			ANDREA BOCELLI & DAVID FOSTER \| My Christmas ARTISTS Andrea Bocelli TRACK LISTING HOLIDAY PIECE (CAROL OF THE BELLS) ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN TU SCENDI DALLE STELLE CANTIQUE DE NOEL THE CHRISTMAS SONG with NATALIE COLE CARO GESU’ BAMBINO BLUE CHRISTMAS with REBA McENTIRE O TANNENBAUM THE LORD’S PRAYER with MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR WHAT CHILD IS THIS with MARY J. BLIGE ADESTE FIDELES AVE MARIA I BELIEVE with KATHERINE JENKINS GOD BLESS US EVERYONE SILENT NIGHT JINGLE BELLS featuring THE MUPPETS 18)WHITE CHRISTMAS/BIANCO NATALE EXTRA CONTENTS 26 MINUTE DOCO HOW THEY MADE ... MY CHRISTMAS A stand alone DVD of the PBS special was recorded in L.A. on September 15th. The DVD is a double billing presented By Andrea Bocelli and David Foster. Guests who performed on the show were Natalie Cole, Katherine Jenkins, Reba McEntire and The Muppets. The lush, beautiful arrangements are evident throughout; highlights include "White Christmas," "Oh Holy Night," "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," "Jingle Bells," "Silent Night," "The Christmas Song," and "What Child Is This" among others. This will be released in a standard amaray box and include the full length concert as well as a 26 minute documentary how they made… *My Christmas.* International limited deluxe CD / DVD: Digi packaging with 30 minute edit of Christmas Special My Christmas DVD – Out December 4th includes the full Xmas special RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 272 5385 Barcode: 0602527253855 Label: DG 2DVD Release Date: December			STING \| A Winter’s Night… Live From Durham Cathedral ARTISTS Sting TRACK LISTING DVD 1 Intro (Sting/A Winter's Night Concert) The Snow It Melts The Soonest Gabriel's Message Soul Cake There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming Christmas At Sea Now Winter Comes Slowly Cold Song The Burning Babe Ghost Story Team Spirit The Hounds Of Winter Cherry Tree Carol Balulalow Bethelehem Down [Warlock: ] Coventry Carol Lullaby For An Anxious Child I Saw Three Ships You Only Cross My Mind In Winter DVD 2 Intro (Sting/A Winter's Night Documentary) Italy Newcastle Durham The Ship Inn The Gosforth Hotel Durham Cathedral Christmas At Sea (Documentary Version) A special, live concert performance on DVD entitled Sting: A Winter’s Night . . . Live from Durham Cathedral. Filmed at the magnificent Durham Cathedral near Sting’s hometown of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in Northern England, the DVD features music off his forthcoming album, If On A Winter’s Night In addition, the DVD programme features a setting of the Coventry Carol in which Sting and musicians are joined by the Durham Cathedral Boys’ Choir, as well as songs not included on the album – Peter Warlock’s haunting Bethlehem Down, a lively arrangement of the traditional song I Saw Three Ships and Sting’s own Ghost Story. Sting: A Winter’s Night . . . the Documentary features a behind-the-scenes look at the concert’s genesis, beginning with the album recording sessions at Sting’s home in the Italian countryside, leading up to the final rehearsals at Durham Cathedral. Along the way, Sting revisits places from his childhood and reunites with old friends and band mates, swapping stories and reminiscing. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 723 1647 Barcode: 0888072316478 Label: Concord DVD Release Date: December			Playing For Change \| Peace Through Music Includes Peace Through Music DVD documentary (83 mins) as seen on PBS (57 mins). The DVD includes 26 minutes more footage not seen on PBS, plus 20 minutes of bonus chapters chronicling the filmmakers' journey Playing For Change: Peace Through Music is a story of hope, struggle, perseverance and joy. Directors Mark Johnson and Jonathan Walls, along with the Playing For Change team, traveled the globe with a single minded passion to connect the world through music. Their ambitious journey took them from post-apartheid South Africa, through the ancient sites of the Middle East, to the remote beauty of the Himalayas and beyond. Using innovative mobile technology, they filmed and recorded more than 100 musicians, largely outdoors in parks, plazas and promenades, in doorways, on cobblestone streets and amid hilly pueblos. Each captured performance creates a new mix in which essentially the artists are all performing together, albeit hundreds or thousands of miles apart. Playing For Change: Peace Through Music is the story of this unparalleled international collaboration, and the remarkable power of music. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 074 3125 Barcode: 0044007431252 Label: Decca DVD Release Date: Avail Now			VARIOUS ARTISTS \| Classical Destinations – Series I Classical Destinations introduces a new concept in travel and history on television, exploring Europe's most spectacular cities and landscapes while luxuriating in the great classical music composed within their precincts. Viewers will learn about the lives of the master musicians, the cities they lived in, and how their work reflects the very same surroundings we see today. Vivaldi's Venice, the Salzburg of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the fjords of Norway evoked in music by Edvard Grieg, and the Vienna that waltzed to Johann Strauss...all have never looked - or sounded - better. The wonderful destinations included in the series include Vienna, Salzburg, Prague, St Petersburg, Venice, Tuscany, Bergen, Leipzig and Helsinki and many more. Narrated by the celebrated British actor and music expert Simon Callow, Classical Destinations mixes documentary, music performance, real life soap-opera (and grand opera!), philosophy and tragic-comic whimsy in a moving visual tapestry combining stunning new High Definition images and an unforgettable Decca Records soundtrack which features the world's greatest orchestras and soloists. There is sublime music by Verdi, Vivaldi, Mozart, Grieg, Bach, Sibelius and many other composers. Now this 13 episode TV series becomes available on a special Decca double-DVD release, as well as a 2CD set. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 076 2728 Barcode: 0044007627280 Label: Decca 2DVD Release Date: Available Now			VARIOUS ARTISTS \| Classical Destinations – Series II ARTISTS Various Artists TRACK LISTING Episode 1: London and Halle - Handel Episode 2: London Dublin - Handel Episode 3: Worcerter and Aldeburgh Episode 4: Paris Episode 5: Moscow/Switzerland Episode 6: Munich/Garmish Episode 7: Budapest Epsiode 8: Rome/Naples Episode 9: Warsaw Episode 10: London/Thaxted Episode 11: Paris Episode 12: Madrid/Belgrade Episode 13: Moscow Following broadcasts on SBS-TV and Ovation, the much-requested Double DVD Set of Series II of Classical Destinations is now available. The acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow returns for this second grand tour as host and narrator of Classical Destinations. This unique TV series combines travel to some of the most amazing cities in Europe with their history, great stories and classical music in a unique and spectacular format. The Australian Chamber Orchestra with their artistic director Richard Tognetti, joins Simon as he discovers the great composers by exploring beautiful cities and regions of Europe that inspired them to write the music that has endured for years. The scenery, all shot in High Definition, provides a vivid backdrop to the stories of their lives and unfolds a strong connection between the creative mind and its surroundings. The combination of these has now been broadcast globally and has been hailed as an enthralling new approach to the presentation of music, history and travel. Take the trip, open your eyes and delight your senses with the 2DVD release on Decca of Classical Destinations II. A 4-CD set of music featured in Classical Destinations will be released in June. Episode 1: London and Halle Episode 2: London Dublin Episode 3: Worcerter and Aldeburgh Episode 4: Paris Episode 5: Moscow and Switzerland Episode 6: Munich and Garmish Episode 7: Budapest Epsiode 8: Rome and Naples Episode 9: Warsaw Episode 10: London and Thaxted Episode 11: Paris Episode 12: Madrid and Belgrade Episode 13: Moscow Screening on SBS TV from 25 September 2009 – 26 March 2010, every Friday at 4pm. RETURN TO THE TOP