Celebrate the beauty of life with this very special compilation of some of the world's best-loved classical works. This CD contains just a taste of some of the great music you can hear everyday on ABC Classic FM. Let this beautiful music turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.

TRACKLISTING
HANDEL Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
SATIE Gymnopédie No.1
DELIBES Lakmé: Viens Mallika (Flower Duet)
KOCH Rumba flamenca
MASSENET Thaïs: Méditation
RACHMANINOV Vespers: Virgin, Mother of God
DVORAK : Symphony No. 8: Allegretto grazioso
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.2: Allegro
MASCAGNI Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
ALLEGRI Miserere (excerpt)
PACHELBEL Canon in D
VIVALDI Gloria in D, RV589: Gloria in excelsis Deo
BARTOK (arr. Keller) Mikrokosmos: No. 126 Change of time                                     
EDWARDS Dawn Mantras
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9: An die Freude (Ode to Joy)
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets
CACCINI (arr. Walker) Ave Maria

Marketing Plans:
ABC TV Promotion for 6 weeks
ABC Classic FM Promotion for 6 weeks
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine

ARTISTS
Renée Fleming, soprano
Fred Hersch, piano
Bill Frisell, guitar

TRACKLISTING
DIETZ : Haunted Heart
MITCHELL : River
BULLOCK : When did you leave Heaven
CAREY : You've changed
SIGMAN : Answer me my love
WONDER : My Cherie Amour
McCARTNEY : In My Life
WEBB : The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
BERG : The Midnight Sun (Wozzeck)
SCHUMANN : Liebst du um Schönheit Op. 12
WARREN : This is Always
WOOD : My One and Only Love
VILLA-LOBOS : Song of Love
PALADILHE : Psyché

'This is a personal journey that I have long wanted to take' - Renée Fleming

'She sang You've Changed and I have not heard anything better than that' 
- Illinois Jacquet on Renée Fleming

Renée Fleming's latest recording, Haunted Heart explores terrain that will be unfamiliar to many of her listeners, but is actually an integral part of what makes her the singer she is today. Haunted Heart is a very personal album of ballads, standards and popular songs performed here with the help of jazz mavericks Bill Frisell (guitar) and Fred Hersch (piano).

In her liner notes to the recording, Fleming writes: 'This is a project I have long dreamt of realizing. It is not only an exploration of some of the music that has always inspired me, but a personal journey back on a road not taken. With this record I want to share my love for a group of highly emotional and beautiful songs, irrespective of the labels of jazz, pop, or classical, while introducing you to my 'other voice' and a style of singing to which I thought I would be dedicating my career, until circumstance put me decidedly in the classical arena. These songs have haunted my heart over the years, and my hope is that they will touch yours.'

TRACKLISTING
PERGOLESI Stabat Mater
VIVALDI Laudamus te from Gloria in D, RV589
VIVALDI Virgam virtutis tuae from Dixit Dominus in D, RV594
HANDEL Duetto XV: Quel fior che all'alba ride HWV192
HANDEL Duetto XVI: No, di voi non vo' fidarmi HWV189
MONTEVERDI Chiome d'oro from Settimo Libro de' Madrigali
MONTEVERDI Pur ti miro from L'Incoronazione di Poppea

This is the sequel to the best selling 'Bach Arias and Duets' featuring two of Australia's leading exponents of Baroque repertoire, Sara Macliver and Sally-Anne Russell. This recording is a collection of some of the most beautiful and charming works written for two sopranos, featuring the haunting Pergolesi Stabat Mater.

MARKETING PLANS:
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM
ABC TV promotion for 6 weeks

ARTISTS
The Sixteen / Harry Christophers

TRACKLISTING
ALLEGRI Miserere
BARBER Agnus Dei (after Adagio for Strings)
LOTTI Crucifixus
TAVERNER The Lamb
MONTEVERDI Christe, Adoramus Te
PALESTRINA Kyrie
TALLIS If Ye Love Me
GORECK I Totus Tuus
BRUCKNER Locus Iste
TOMKIS When David Heard
BYRD Iustorum Animae
TALLIS Salvator Mundi
BYRD Agnus Dei
JOSQUIN Ave Maria
POULENC Salve Regina
SHEPPARD Libera Nos

Renaissance - Music for Inner Peace is the first recording for Universal by the acclaimed vocal ensemble The Sixteen. A sublime collection of music from the 16th century to the present day, Renaissance is so entitled not just for the era of many of the works on the disc, but also because of the profound uplifting and renewing effect this entrancing choral music has on mind, body and soul. Composers Monteverdi, Josquin, Tallis and Byrd are juxtaposed with the 20th century music of Tavener, Górecki and Barber. The album will be promoted on SBS-TV .

From Paramount Pictures comes the motion picture event of the year: War of the Worlds , directed by Steven Spielberg and starring international superstar Tom Cruise. A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells' seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it.

A musical of the highest Excalibur!

SPAMALOT is a new Broadway show 'lovingly ripped-off' from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The show opened on Broadway on March 17and stars Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) as King Arthur, David Hyde-Pierce (Frasier) as Sir Robin and Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) as Sir Lancelot.

Currently playing sold-out shows to packed houses at Broadway's Shubert Theatre, SPAMALOT captures the distinct brand of Python humour that appeals to audiences of all ages. SPAMALOT tells the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and their quest for the Holy Grail, with the aid of hilarious, highly choreographed production numbers. The show has more than a few lusty maidens, a gaggle of beautiful ladies in diaphanous gowns, a small army of dancing knights, and a killer rabbit.

Directed by legendary Oscar and Tony Award winner Mike Nichols (Angels in America, The Graduate, The Birdcage), SPAMALOT was written by founding Python member Eric Idle. In addition to many new songs written by Idle and composer John Du Prez (A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python and the Meaning of Life), fans will instantly recognize the songs from the Holy Grail film as well as the classic Python tune Always Look At The Bright Side Of Life.

ARTISTS
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Jack Brymer, clarinet
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Beaux Arts Trio
Quartetto Italiano
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Bernard Haitink
Sir Georg Solti et al

TRACKLISTING
CD1
Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight'
Romance No.2 in F major, Op.50
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 'Emperor'
Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68 'Pastoral'
Cavatina: String Quartet in B flat major, Op.130
Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique'
Concerto in C, Op.56 (Triple)
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 'Spring'
Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op.37

The popular Adagios series has succeeded as an attractively packaged lifestyle series of beautiful music themed to suit those quieter moments in life.

Beethoven Adagios is the perfect CD for those who would like to purchase an introduction to Beethoven's works and have all their relaxing Beethoven pieces in one easy collection.

TRACKLISTING
1. del Llibre Vermell: Mariam matrem virginem
2. GUERRERO: Ave Virgo sanctissima
3. LOBO: Lamentationes Ieremiae Prophetae
4. JOÃO IV: Crux fidelis
5. VICTORIA: O Lux et decís
6. VICTORIA: O vos omnes
7. GUERRERO: Duo Seraphim
8. LOBO: Versa est in luctum
9. CARDOSO: Non mortui qui sunt in inferno
10. ROGIER: Salva nos Domine

Santiago a cappella celebrates the rich musical heritage of the Camino.

Music featured on the album includes the work of composers from the 16th & 17th centuries including Victoria, Guerrero, Lobo, Cardoso & Rogier.

The cockle shell that is featured on the artwork, is the symbol for the pilgrimage.

'I'm somebody who feels there's always got to be more than a two-dimensional package to music of the past. It's always got to come alive and fulfil its full potential as an experience for both performer and listener. It needs to be set in a historical, or at least a vivid, context that finds a resonance in the way that people look at buildings and what their spiritual life is.'

Sir John Eliot Gardiner (Gramophone July 2004)