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Cat. No.: 1746897 Cat. No.: 1746680 |
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TRACK LISTING 1 La Voce Del Silenzio
For the first time during his historic career the world’s best selling tenor, Andrea Bocelli, will be releasing a collection of his greatest hits. The Best Of Andrea Bocelli – Vivere, will be released on Sugar Music/Decca, marking a decade of chart-topping albums that has made him a household name and beloved cultural figure the world over. The Best Of Andrea Bocelli - Vivere will feature selections from Bocelli’s wildly popular recordings including Romanza, certified 4 times platinum, Sogno certified 2 times platinum, and his most recent platinum disc, Amore. Highlightsinclude “Time To Say Goodbye” his breakthrough smash with Sarah Brightman, “The Prayer,” another duet made famous with Celine Dion, and the more recent Bocelli staples “Because We Believe” and “Besame Mucho” among others. Several new tracks are also exclusively available on Vivere, including new compositions by the renowned and accomplished David Foster, who also holds producing credits on the songs and was one of the creative forces behind Amore. Other notable guests on the disc include the acclaimed classical pianist Lang Lang and Latin singing sensation Laura Pausini. 2007 is already shaping up to be another banner year for Bocelli. In July, the superstar staged his first-ever, pop only, live concert set in the stunning hills of Tuscany, which will be broadcast on PBS this December. Andrea continues to be one of PBS’ most visible artists, with this being the follow-up to the Emmy-nominated “Under The Desert Sky” special which aired in 2006. Bocelli also appears on the forthcoming new album from Chris Botti, Italia, to be released in September. This fall, Andrea returns to the U.S. for another round of high-profile promotional appearances, as well as several concerts in support of the greatest hits collection – dates to be announced soon. Vivere, meaning “to live,” is certainly something Andrea Bocelli does to his fullest. Having sold over 55 million albums worldwide, he continues to display a singularly unique ability to straddle both pop and classical repertoire with sincerity, conviction, grace and his unmistakable soaring tenor. One of the most sought after performers in the world, he has recorded duets with the biggest names in music including Christina Aguilera, Stevie Wonder, Katharine McPhee, Kenny G and the aforementioned Brightman, Botti and Dion. A media darling who has appeared everywhere from American Idol to the Today Show multiple times, he has been called “one of opera’s most successful crossover stars” by The Wall Street Journal. |
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Cat. No.: 475 8746 |
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Danielle de Niese, soprano
TRACK LISTING HANDEL: Da Tempeste (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) Debut album from the sensational soprano star of Glyndebourne's Giulio Cesare. The debut solo recording from Danielle de Niese, who became a star overnight after her stunning 'all singing, all dancing' performance as Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne in 2005. Danielle signs a selection of Handel arias from both famous and lesser-known works which showcase perfectly her extraordinary dramatic range and vocal abilities. After her Glyndebourne success, the role of Cleopatra has become Danielle's calling card and she has repeated it to great critical acclaim at New York's Metropolitan Opera. The production goes to Chicago in October of this year. At the age of 19, Danielle was the youngest ever member of the Met's Young Artist Programme, and made her debut there as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro (with Bartoli, Fleming and Terfel). Since then, her career rise has been meteoric and she has gained a reputation as an unparalleled singing actress of the baroque repertoire, performing with many of the great exponents of the baroque and classical repertoire, including Minkowski, Christie and Rousset. ‘Star quality’ The Sunday Times ‘Her singing is utterly delectable and completely assured’ The New York Times ‘Opera has an exciting future’ Evening Standard |
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Cat. No.: 476 6289 |
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Stephanie McCallum, piano
TRACK LISTING SATIE: Trois Gymnopédies The follow-up to Stephanie's much-loved and best-selling ABC Classics album "Perfume". Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1 is known the world over, but how many other exquisite miniatures did this delightfully eccentric French composer create? The answer lies in this new album from ABC Classic - one of the most beguiling of aural experiences. ALSO AVAILABLE |
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Cat. No.: 475 9081 |
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Janine Jansen, violin
TRACK LISTING J.S. BACH: Two-part Inventions transcribed for Violin and Viola BWV 772-786 ,
Spectacular solo Bach with a chamber music twist! Fresh from a triumphant concerto recording featuring Mendelssohn and Bruch, the pillars of the Romantic violin repertoire, Janine Jansen reverts to the roots of violin playing, and the music of Bach. She brings a characteristically fresh approach to popular repertoire, with a unique survey of the musical voices of Bach. For this recording, the blend of violin & viola, and violin, viola & cello gives the music a completely new resonance. The recording opens with 15 Two-Part Inventions BWV 772-788 , transcribed for violin and viola. Janine is joined by Maxim Rysanov, one of today's best and most charismatic violists. The central work on the CD is a solo performance of Partita No. 2 in D minor. This grand solo Partita contains five movements: four traditional dances concluded by the monumental Chaconne. |
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Cat. No.: 549 2272 |
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TRACK LISTING 1 La Vie Est Belle 5 Olé Guapa 13 Amazing Grace 16 Andre Sisters Medley 17 Boléro
‘Composing is something I have been doing my whole life long. Even as a little boy, I used to improvise lovely melodies on the violin and later on the piano as well. For the first time, I have now recorded a waltz composed in collaboration with my brother Jean-Philippe on CD: La Vie est Belle!’ |
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Cat. No.: 475 9349 |
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Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
TRACK LISTING PUCCINI: Nessun dorma (Turandot) Remembering Luciano Pavarotti: the definitive greatest hits package from one of the great musical icons of our time! For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally defined classical music. This outstanding collection of popular opera arias and duets, sacred songs, and Neapolitan favourites is drawn from the finest recordings Luciano Pavarotti made during an unparalleled career, and presents the definitive profile of one of the most important voices of the century. From ‘La Donna e mobile’, ‘O sole mio’ and ‘Torna a Sorriento’ to Christmas classics ‘O Holy Night’ and ‘Panis Angelicus’, including, of course, his celebrated ‘Nessun Dorma’. THE STUDIO ALBUMS ...12 original studio albums Pavarotti recorded during the course of his unparalleled career spanning four decades fully remastered with enhanced sound. |
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Cat. No.: 477 7177 |
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Anna Netrebko, soprano*
TRACK LISTING DONIZETTI: Una furtive lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)+
The Baden-Baden Gala– the hottest opera event of the summer. The new faces of opera present opera favourites in a glamorous live concert recording: Anna Netrebko, El?na Garan?a, Ramón Vargas and the highly acclaimed young French baritone Ludovic Tézier sing a wide range of Italian and French opera arias. This recording features highlights from three gala concerts (28 & 31 July, 3 August 2007) at Baden-Baden’s Festspielhaus. The CD features the four young stars performing duets and the popular quartet ‘Bella figlia dell’amore’ from Rigoletto. Other highlights include Delibes’ famous flower duet from Lakmé for which Anna and El?na are the heaven-sent dream team! (Remember the British Airways TV spot with this music?!) It is like having Christmas and Easter on one day to catch these young star artists in a single concert program, since they are all in great demand at international opera houses and concert halls. Tickets for all three concerts were sold out in just a few days. |
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Cat. No.: 476 5970 |
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Elin Managan Thomas soprano
TRACK LISTING BINGEN: O Euchari, in leta via
Presenting the debut solo album from one of the UK’s rising-star sopranos.Elin is UCJ’s first artist to appear on the recently resurrected Heliodor label with her beautiful new Baroque record ‘Eternal Light’. Elin’s crystal-clear voice, with its blend of tonal beauty and expressive intensity, is the ideal instrument to reconnect modern listeners with Baroque music. Two years ago, Elin made headline news as the first singer in almost three centuries to perform Bach’s recently discovered and seductive aria ‘Alles Mit Gott’. She has been a choir member and soloist with The Sixteen, The Monteverdi Choir, The Gabrieli Consort and Polyphony - a roll-call of some of the world’s finest choirs Elin also joined the Monteverdi Choir for Gardiner’s famed Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, a monumental project to perform Bach’s 199 church cantatas in venues from Weimar to New York. |
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Cat. No.: 477 7352 |
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Daniel Hope, violin
TRACK LISTING Works by Britten, Elgar, Delius, Knussen, Rodney Bennett, Tippett and Walton |
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Cat. No.: 480 0197 |
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
TRACK LISTING RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1 To coincide with Vladimir Ashkenazy’s much-anticipated Rachmaninov cycle with the Sydney Symphony, Decca is presenting a special tour edition comprising all the symphonies and all the concertos of Rachmaninov, plus, by way of a bonus, the Symphonic Dances, The Isle of the Dead and the choral symphony The Bells which Ashkenazy so memorably conducted in 2006 in Sydney. This is a strictly LIMITED EDITION. ‘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.: 480 0136 |
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The Cambridge Buskers
TRACK LISTING CD1
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CD3 ROSSINI: Overture from The Silken Ladder
CD4 Alongside the likes of Anna Russell and Dudley Moore, the Cambridge Buskers are amongst the most renowned British classical comedy acts of all time. Michael Copley and Dag Ingram met at Cambridge University and started off by trying to raise the train fare home from Blackfriars station by busking. Their hilarious takes (on woodwinds and accordion) of the 1812 Overture and Ride of the Valkyries are unforgettable. This is the first release of their complete Deustche Grammophon recordings in one set. |
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Cat. No.: 476 6198 |
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NICOLA BENEDETTI | Vaughan Williams & Tavener
Nicola Benedetti, violin
TRACK LISTING VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending A beautiful new recording of Vaughan Williams’ landmark work - coupled with two world premiere works by one of our great living composers, Sir John Tavener. Violinist Nicola Benedetti presents her third recording for UCJ, combining the lyrical beauty of The Lark Ascending (Vaughan Williams’ aural portrait of a lark as it spirals up to the heavens), with two brand new works written specially for her by Sir John Tavener This recording includes two world premiere works by Sir John Tavener. Though he is one of England’s foremost composers, Tavener draws influence from cultures as diverse as Greek Orthodoxy, Hinduism and Sufism. Also featured is a premiere version for solo violin and strings of Song For Athene, the piece made famous by its performance at the funeral service of Princess Diana. “She already has the temperament, concentration and imagination of a great artist” Gramophone |
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Cat. No.: 476 6305 |
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THE BENEDICTINE NUNS OF JAMBEROO ABBEY | The Abbey
The Benedictine Nuns of Jamberoo Abbey
TRACK LISTING Soundscape: Afternoon
Following on from the ABC-TV series The Abbey, this CD presents some of the music which is so central to the spiritual life of the Benedictine nuns of Jamberoo Abbey. Viewers across Australia watched with amazement and profound emotion as five ordinary women took up the challenge of living the life of a contemplative nun. Now the music that enriches those long days of silent work and meditation is available on CD. The timeless simplicity of their psalms, hymns and prayers offers us all an opportunity to share in a unique spiritual journey. |
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