ARTISTS
Stephanie McCallum, piano
Georges Lentz, violin
Sydney Alpha Ensemble
David Stanhope

This classic album from one of Australia's most innovative composers has been unavailable for some time and is now repackaged and reissued due to popular demand. It contains the charming Russian Rag as well as the hypnotic title track Clocks. Elena Kats-Chernin's music was used to stunning effect during the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

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ARTISTS
Sara Macliver, soprano
Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Bennett, bass
Jamie Allen, tenor
Paul McMahon, tenor
Cantillation
Orchestra of the Antipodes
Antony Walker

This vivid studio recording was made immediately following Pinchgut Opera's sell-out 2003 season of Purcell's magical The Fairy Queen. With a stellar cast including Sara Macliver, Sally-Anne Russell and Stephen Bennett this important all-Australian recording will be welcomed internationally as fine alternative to the classic recordings of the work by Gardiner, Christie and Norrington.

Most of Purcell's musical output consisted of music for the Royal Court and Church. His odes, anthems and welcome songs are among the most beautiful of English music. He also wrote many overtures, dances and songs for the theatre but only 6 full length works for the stage: Dioclesian, Dido and Aeneas, The Fairy Queen, The Tempest, Indian Queen and King Arthur. Of these, only Dido was a full opera, in which the story was told in song. The others, including The Fairy Queen, have been described as Semi-Operas, where the story is acted out in between the arias and choruses.

The Fairy Queen is based on A Midsummer Night's Dream, and the characters in Purcell's work include Titania, Helena, Oberon, Puck and Bottom, disguises, mistaken identities, jealous spouses as well as dreams and magic potions.

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Click here to visit the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's website: www.brandenburg.com.au

ARTISTS
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer

Click here to visit the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's website: www.brandenburg.com.au

ARTISTS
Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer

ARTISTS
The Song Company
Roland Peelman

TRACKLISTING
Una mattina
Ora
Resta con me (cello arrangement: Marco Decimo)
Leo
A fuoco (cello arrangement: Marco Decimo)
Dolce droga
Dietro casa
Come un fiore
DNA (cello arrangement: Marco Decimo)
Nuvole nere
Questa volta
Nuvole bianche
Ancora

'Ludovico Einaudi is a classical composer with pop-star sales'
Daily Telegraph, London

The music of composer/pianist Ludovico Einaudi has been described as minimalist, classical, ambient, contemporary and deeply touching... the welcome sound of stillness in a hectic world.This is Einaudi's first album for Decca - Una Mattina.

Speaking of his new work, Einaudi says: 'If someone asked me to define this album, I would say it was a collection of songs linked together by a story. But unlike my other albums, it doesn't belong to a time in the past. It speaks about me as I am now, my life, the things around me, my piano (which I have nicknamed 'Tagore'), my children Jessica and Leo, the orange kilim that brightens up the living room, the clouds sailing slowly across the sky, the sunlight coming in the window, the music I am listening to, the books I read and don't read, my memories, my friends and loved ones'.

Una Mattina features Einaudi on solo piano and includes three pieces with cello. The sound of the piano is very pure and warm, with a melodic quality that shines through the whole album as a spiritual guide, like a haunting and mesmerizing human voice.

Einaudi himself is a classically trained musician and a charming and fascinating man. His rich family history includes a grandfather who was a composer, a family vineyard and even a past President of Italy. Born in Turin (1955), the pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi trained at the Conservatorio in Milan, then continued his studies under the guidance of Luciano Berio.

Valery Gergiev - today's outstanding champion of the music of Shostakovich - leads the Kirov orchestra in a blazing account of the first of the War Symphonies.

Begun in September 1935 Shostakovich's 4th Symphony was to be a crucial turning point - both in his life and his music.

During its composition Stalin attended a performance of Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of Mtensk and did not like it. Two days later Pravda published a harsh attack on the opera, followed by a savage attack on Shostakovich's new ballet score The Limpid Stream . The message was clear that composers would now be expected to follow the party line.

BIZET
Quand je vous aimerai? ... L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
Près des ramparts de Séville (Seguidilla) Carmen
Neil Shicoff Don José · Orchestre National de France / Seiji Ozawa

MOZART
Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro
E Susanna non vien! ... Dove sono i bei momenti Le nozze di Figaro
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis

MASCAGNI
Regina coeli laetare ... Inneggiamo, il Signor non è morto (Easter Hymn) Cavalleria rusticana
Rosa Laghezza Lucia · Choeurs de l'Orchestre de Paris · Orchestre de Paris / Semyon Bychkov

PURCELL
Thy hand Belinda ... When I am laid in earth Dido and Aeneas
English Chamber Orchestra / Raymond Leppard

RICHARD STRAUSS
Cäcilie, Op. 27/2
Wiegenlied, Op. 41/1
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Kurt Masur

BERLIOZ
Villanelle Les Nuits d'été
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis

BRAHMS
Ständchen, Op. 106/1
Geoffrey Parsons, piano

SCHUBERT
Ave Maria, D839
Irwin Gage piano

Anonymous (arr.Peter Hope)
Amazing grace
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexander Gibson

BERNSTEIN
Somewhere West Side Story
Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein

RICHARD RODGERS
With a song in my heart
Boston Pops Orchestra / John Williams

ADAM
O Holy night
New York Choral Society · Amercican Boychoir · Empire Chamber Ensemble / Robert de Cormier

FRANCK
Panis Angelicus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson

WAGNER
Mild und leise (Isoldes Liebestod) Tristan und Isolde
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis

DVD - The Making of Carmen

A CD & DVD package, marking the start of a major new series of releases celebrating the great American soprano .

It is now several years since the last international release devoted to the unique artistry of Jessye Norman appeared. This new compilation represents the very best of Jessye Norman in a selection of popular tracks from complete recordings of operas and her many recital programs.

A generously-filled 75-minute CD is packaged with the first DVD release of The Making of Carmen, a fascinating documentary of behind-the-scenes footage of how a recording is made. Jessye Norman's recording of Carmen has achieved legendary status and has been a constant seller since first release and two of the most popular arias (Seguidilla and Habañera) are also heard on the CD.

ARTISTS
Joan Sutherland soprano
with
Carlo Bergonzi tenor (Alfredo) CD 6: [7]
Heather Begg mezzo-soprano (Adalgisa) CD 6: [9]-[12]
Richard Bonynge piano CD2: [12]; CD 5: [11]-[16]
Philomusica of London CD 1: [1], [2], [10]-[17]
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden CD 1: [3]; CD 2: [1]; CD 3: [5]; CD 5: [9], [10]; CD 6: [1], [8]-[12]
New Symphony Orchestra of London CD 1: [4], [7]-[9]; CD 2: [2]
London Symphony Orchestra CD 1: [5]; CD 3: [1]-[3]; CD 5: [5], [6]; CD 6: [2]
The Academy of Ancient Music CD 1: [6]
National Philharmonic Orchestra CD 2: [3], [6]-[13]; CD 3: [7]-[14]; CD 5: [7], [8]
English Chamber Orchestra CD 2: [4], [5]
Orchestre des Concerts du Conservatoire CD 3: [4], [6]; CD 6: [5]
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande CD 4; CD 5: [1]-[3]
New Philharmonia Orchestra CD 5: [4]
Welsh National Opera Orchestra CD 6: [3], [4]
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino CD 6: [6], [7]
Anthony Lewis CD 1: [1], [2]
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli CD 1: [3]; CD 2: [1]; CD 3: [5]; CD 5: [9], [10]
Richard Bonynge CD 1: [4], [7]-[9]; CD 2: [2]-[11], [13]; CD 3: [1]-[3], [7]-[14]; CD 4; CD 5: [1]-[8]; CD 6: [1]-[4], [8]-[12]
Sir Adrian Boult CD 1: [5]
Christopher Hogwood CD 1: [6]
Granville Jones CD 1: [10]-[17]
Douglas Gamley CD 2: [12]
Nello Santi CD 3: [4], [6]; CD 6: [5]
John Pritchard CD 6: [6], [7]

TRACKLISTING
CD 1:
[1] Tornami a vagheggiar (Alcina)
[2] Ah! Ruggiero crudel ... Ombre pallide (Alcina) Alcina Handel
[3] Let the bright seraphim (Israelite Woman) Samson Handel
[4] With plaintive note (Delilah) Samson Handel
[5] Rejoice, greatly Messiah Handel
[6] My vengeance awakes me (Athalia) Athalia Handel
[7] V'adoro, pupille (Cleopatra)
[8] Se pietà di me non senti (Cleopatra)
[9] Da tempeste il legno infranto (Cleopatra) Giulio Cesare Handel
[10] Per la gloria Griselda Bononcini
[11] Nel cor più non mi sento L'Amor contrastato, "La Molinara" Paisiello
[12] Furie di donna irata (Cecchina) La Cecchina, "La Buona figliuola" Piccinni
[13] The traveller benighted Love in a village Arne
[14] The soldier tir'd (Mandane) Artaxerxes Arne
[15] When William at eve (Rosina)
[16] Whilst with village maids (Rosina)
[17] Light as thistledown (Rosina) Rosina Shield

CD 2 :
Mozart: [1] Martern aller Arten (Konstanze) Die Entführung aus dem Serail
[2] O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn ... Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren (Königin der Nacht)
[3] Ach, ich fühl's (Pamina) Die Zauberflöte
[4] Or sai chi l'onore (Donna Anna)
[5] Non mi dir (Donna Anna) Don Giovanni
[6] Porgi amor (Contessa)
[7] Voi che sapete (Cherubino)
[8] Dove sono (Contessa)
[9] Giunse alfin il momento ... Deh vieni, non tardar (Susanna) Le nozze di Figaro
[10] L'amerò, sarò costante (Aminta) Il re pastore
[11] Vorrei spiegarvi, O Dio!, K418
[12] Ch'io mi scordi di te ... Non temer, K505
[13] Allelujah (Exsultate, jubilate, K165)

CD 3 :
[1] Santo di patria ... Allor che I forti corrono (Odabella) Attila Verdi
[2] Dall'infame banchetto io m'involai ... Tu del mio Carlo al seno ... Carlo vive! (Amalia) I masnadieri Verdi
[3] Che! e segnar questa mano potrebbe l'onta mia? ... Tu puniscimi, o Signore (Luisa) Luisa Miller Verdi
[4] Surta è la notte ... Ernani! Ernani, involami (Elvira) Ernani
[5] Mia madre aveva una povera ancella ... Piangea cantando (Desdemona) Otello Verdi
[6] Mercé, dilette amiche (Bolero) (Elena) I vespri siciliani Verdi
[7] Gerechter Gott ... In seiner Blüte (Adriano) Rienzi Wagner
[8] Johohohe (Senta's Ballad) Der fliegende Holländer Wagner
[9] Dich, teure Halle (Elisabeth)
[10] Allmächt'ge Jungfrau hör mein Flehen (Elisabeth) Tannhäuser Wagner
[11] Einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa) Lohengrin Wagner
[12] Du bist der Lenz (Sieglinde) Die Walküre Wagner
[13] O Sachs, mein Freund (Eva) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Wagner
[14] Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Liebestod) (Isolde) Tristan und Isolde Wagner

CD 4 :
[1] Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore (Edwige) Robinson Crusoé Offenbach
[2] Bellah! ma chèvre chérie! ... Dors, petite (Dinorah) Dinorah Meyerbeer
[3] Depuis le jour (Louise) Louise Charpentier
[4] Dites-lui qu'on l'a remarqué (La Grande-Duchesse) La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein Offenbach
[5] C'est l'histoire amoureuse (Manon) Manon Lescaut Auber
[6] Non temete, milord ... Or son sola (Zerlina) Fra Diavolo Auber
[7] Me voilà seule ... Comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre (Leila) Les Pêcheurs de perles Bizet
[8] Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Olympia) Les Contes d'Hoffmann Offenbach
[9] Ah! que mes soeurs sont heureuses ... Reste au foyer, petit grillon (Cendrillon) Cendrillon Massenet
[10] O légère hirondelle (Mireille) Mireille Gounod
[11] Vous aimez le danger ... Ah! que j'aime les militaires! (Grande-Duchesse) La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein Offenbach
[12] C'est bien lui ... La, la, la, air chéri (Catherine) L'Etoile du Nord Meyerbeer
[13] Ce Sarrasin disait (Xaïma) Le Tribut de Zamora Gounod
[14] En vain j'espère ... Idole de ma vie (Isabelle) Robert le Diable Meyerbeer
[15] Un soir Perez le capitaine (Micaela) Le Coeur et la main Lecocq
[16] Au bord de chemin ... Cette nuit, sur ma croisée (Jeannette) Les Noces de Jeannette Massé

CD 5 :
[1] Si le bonheur (Siebel) Faust Gounod
[2] La marguerite a fermé sa corolle ... Ouvre ton coeur (Léonard) Vasco da Gama Bizet
[3] Veille sur eux ... Vaisseau que le flot balance (Catherine) L'Etoile du Nord Meyerbeer
[4] O beau pays de la Touraine ... Sombre chimère ... A ce mot seul s'anime (Marguerite de Valois) Les Huguenots Meyerbeer
[5] Dieu! Comme cette nuit est lente ... Ombre légère (Dinorah) Dinorah Meyerbeer
[6] De cet affreux combat ... Pleurez mes yeux (Chimène) Le Cid Massenet
[7] De moi je veux bannir (Sitâ) Le Roi de Lahore Massenet
[8] Esprits de l'air! Esprits de l'onde! ... Roland! Roland! Roland! (Esclarmonde) Esclarmonde Massenet
[9] O Dieu! que de bijoux ... Ah! je ris de me voir (Marguerite) Faust Gounod
[10] Ah! je veux vivre (Juliette) Roméo et Juliette Gounod
[11] Le Rossignol* Delibes
[12] Sérénade* Gounod
[13] Les Filles de Cadiz* Delibes
[14] Pastorale* Bizet · [15] Oh! Si les fleurs avaient des yeux* Massenet
[16] Le Papillon et le fleur* Fauré
*FIRST EVER RELEASE

CD 6 :
[1] Pour ce contrat fatal ... Salut à la France* (Marie) La fIlle du régiment Donizetti
[2] Ocean! thou mighty monster! (Reiza) Oberon Weber
[3] A vos jeux, mes amis, permettez-moi ...
[4] Le voilà! Je crois entendre (Ophélie) Hamlet Thomas
[5] Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce ... Ardon gl'incensi (Lucia) Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti
[6] E strano! ... Ah, fors'è lui ...
[7] Follie! Delirio vano è questo! ... Sempre libera (Violetta) La traviata Verdi
[8] Dormono entrambi ...
[9] Mi chiami, o Norma! ...
[10] Deh! Con te, con te li prendi ...
[11] Mira, o Norma ... [12] Sì, fino all'ore estreme (Norma, Adalgisa) Norma Bellini
Tracks [8]-[12] First International

A Must Have box for all fans of great singing.

6 CDs presenting the art of this outstanding Decca artist from 1959 to 1985.

First time release on any format - 6 French Songs (with Richard Bonynge at the piano).

On CD for the first time - an extended scene from Bellini's Norma from a Gala performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden featuring the New Zealand-born mezzo soprano Heather Begg.

All the arias from the 1970 Romantic French Arias together for the first time.

During her long association with DECCA - one that lasted for over 30 years - Dame Joan Sutherland made over thirty recordings of different operas (and more than one version of some of these); she also made many recital discs and other recitals around a theme or program.

Joan Sutherland's recordings - usually made with her husband, conductor/pianist Richard Bonynge - have sold in vast quantities. Since her sensational and meteoric rise to fame as a result of her performances in Lucia di Lammermoor in February 1959 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Joan Sutherland has been a household name and symbol of excellence - even today largely unchallenged - in coloratura singing.

During the many years she recorded for DECCA there have been many compilations and tributes dedicated to La Stupenda as she has been dubbed and almost all of her recordings have appeared on CD. This new major retrospective showcases Joan Sutherland in many of her famous roles and features recordings right across her recording career from 1959 and the famous Paris recital to her participation in a recording of a Handel rarity, Athalia , with Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music, in 1985.

For the first time ever the complete selection of arias which formed the 1970 release of "Romantic French Arias" is available on CD; an extended scene from Act Three of Norma in a live recording from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from a concert in aid of the Darwin appeal, is included and appears on CD for the first time; and an ever greater bonus is included here with the release FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER of 6 French songs with Richard Bonynge as pianist. These songs were recorded at the end of the "Romantic French Arias" sessions in September 1969 and the tape was fogotten about until now! Indeed Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge themselves don't remember recording them!

Joan Sutherland has written an introduction to the set and recalls with great fondness moments from a long and truly distinguished career and the many roles she sang and a very generous selection of photographs depict La Stupenda in a variety of roles across the years.