Cat. No.: 476 6868
Barcode: 0028947668688
Label: ABC Classics 4CD
Release Date: Available Now

VARIOUS | Dads Love Classics

ARTISTS

Various

TRACK LISTING

CD1
ORFF: O fortuna from Carmina burana
PROKOFIEV: Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet
ELGAR: Nimrod from Enigma Variations
SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’ (Second movement – excerpt)
BIZET: L’Arlésienne – Suite No. 1 (Prélude)
COATES: ‘The Dam Busters’ March
HANDEL: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
BIZET: In the Depths of the Temple from The Pearl Fishers
HANDEL: Hallelujah! from Messiah
HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto (Third movement)
ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie (Overture)
WAGNER: The Ride of the Valkyries from The Valkyrie
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture

CD2
JS BACH: Toccata in D minor, BWV565
JARRE: Building the Barn from ‘Witness’
VERDI: Triumphal March from Aïda
WAGNER: Lohengrin (Prelude to Act III)
ELGAR: Cello Concerto (First movement)
PUCCINI: Nessun dorma from Turandot
HANDEL: Zadok the Priest
TRAD. IRISH arr. GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry
JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (First movement)
VIVALDI: Concerto in G major ‘Alla rustica’
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 (First movement – excerpt)
MUSSORGSKY: Dawn on the Moscow River from Khovanshchina
BIZET: Toreador’s Song from Carmen
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (excerpt)
BEETHOVEN: Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9

CD3
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 (First movement)
SIBELIUS: Finlandia
ROSSINI: William Tell Overture
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
VIVALDI: Gloria (First movement)
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Finale)
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
DREYFUS: Rush
SCULTHORPE: Small Town
EDWARDS: Maninyas (Third movement)
LITOLFF: Concerto Symphonique No. 4 (Scherzo)
MUSSORGSKY: The Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition

CD4
HOLST: Mars from The Planets
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (Land of Hope and Glory)
ALFORD: Colonel Bogey – March
CHARPENTIER: Prelude from Te Deum
KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus
MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
GLINKA: Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)
GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor (First movement)
WILLIAMS: Raiders of the Lost Ark
CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary
KOEHNE: Powerhouse
HOLST: Jupiter from The Planets

Over five hours of the biggest, boldest classical hits of all time. From Tchaikovsky’s mighty 1812 Overture to the full force of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, this 4CD collection is a power-charged ride through every dad’s classical favourites. All the famous, soaring, stirring tunes, from Holst’s The Planets, Elgar’s Cello Concerto, Grieg’s Piano Concerto, Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony, Orff’s Carmina burana, the Dam Busters March, Raiders of the Lost Ark and much, much more.

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Cat. No.: 270 1619
Barcode: 0602527016191
Label: ABC Jazz/UCJ CD
Release Date: Available Now

MELODY GARDOT | My One And Only Thrill

ARTISTS

Melody Gardot

TRACK LISTING

1.   Baby I’m A Fool
2.   If The Stars Were Mine
3.   Who Will Comfort Me
4.   Your Heart Is As Black As Night
5.   Lover Undercover
6.   Our Love Is Easy
7.   Les Etoiles
8.   The Rain
9.   My One And Only Thrill
10. Deep Within The Corners Of My Mind
11. Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Amazing though it is, the story of how Melody Gardot overcame the effects of a near-fatal accident to become one of the vocal sensations of 2008 is not the most extraordinary thing about the 23-year-old Philadelphia singer-songwriter. It is simply that here is a voice in a million; one that touches the soul.

Melody’s debut album ‘Worrisome Heart’ introduced, in The Sunday Times’ words: “a remarkable talent by any measure”, with songs of quiet, wistful poetry in arrangements that “ooze after-hours sophistication”. Yet the follow-up, for release in April 2009, marks a substantial leap forward. ‘My One And Only Thrill’ is an intensely creative milestone, transcending genre distinctions of jazz and blues to offer a haunting personal musical statement that will appeal to all music-lovers. As with her acclaimed live shows she captures and holds her audience in the palm of her hand.

These eleven songs, covering a wide range of emotions, are all her own except for an irresistible, Brazilian take on Somewhere Over The Rainbow. It would take a heart of stone to remain unmoved by the poignant title track My One And Only Thrill.And when the album is finished (as Irving Berlin wrote truly) the song is over, but the Melody lingers on . . .

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