Cat. No.: TBC
Barcode: TBC
Label: Decca CD + DVD
Release Date: June

Various Artists | The Prayer

ARTISTS

Various

TRACK LISTING

1. ANTHONY CALLEJA - The Prayer

2. BLAKE - Hallelujah

3. ANNA NETREBKO - Pie Jesu

4. JOSÉ CARRERAS - Kyrie (from Misa Criolla - Ramirez)

5. KATHERINE JENKINS - I will pray for you

6. ANDRÉ RIEU - Amazing Grace

7. THE THREE TENORS - Nessun dorma (from Turandot - Puccini)

8. FREDERICA VON STADE/ MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR - Somewhere (from West Side Story - Bernstein)

9. DAVID HOBSON & TEDDY TAHU RHODES - You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel - Rodgers & Hammerstein)

10. LA SPINA - The Lords Prayer

11. RUSSELL WATSON - Nella Fantasia

12. YVONNE KENNY - Ave Maria (Schubert)

13. MUSIC FROM THE VATICAN - Sancta Dei Genitrix

14. ALL ANGELS - In Paradisum

15. SECRET GARDEN - Illumination

Using Anthony Calleja's chart-topping version of the beautiful song The Prayer, this album takes you on a journey through 15 uplifting and inspirational songs. The artist list is a Who's Who of great voices from Blake and All Angels to The Three Tenors. It includes Australian icons David Hobson, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Yvonne Kenny, and includes a world premiere recording introducing the epic Australian duo La Spina.

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Cat. No.: 476 3927
Barcode: 0028947639275
Label: ABC Classics 2 CD
Release Date: June

Various Artists | Raindrops - The exquisite piano music of Chopin

ARTISTS

Various Artists

TRACK LISTING

CHOPIN:
CD1           
1 Prelude in D flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 ‘Raindrop’
2 Mazurka in B-flat minor, Op. 24 No. 4
3 Prelude in C major, Op. 28 No. 1
4 Prelude in A minor, Op. 28 No. 2
5 Prelude in G major, Op. 28 No. 3
6 Mazurka in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2
7 Ballade in F minor, Op. 52
8 Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69 No. 1
9 Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 ‘Minute’
10 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35: III. Funeral March
11 Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57
12 Mazurka in F minor Op. 63 No. 2
13 Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
14 Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3
15 Etude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3
16 Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2 'Chromatic'
17 Nocturne in B major, Op. 32 No. 1
18 Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 'Military'
CD2
1 Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66
2 Mazurka in B-flat major, Op. 7 No. 1
3 Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
4 Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
5 Impromptu in A-flat major, Op. 29 No. 1
6 Mazurka in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4
7 Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
8 Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6
9 Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 2
10 Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7
11 Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20
12 Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2
13 Nocturne in B major, Op. 62 No. 1
14 Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 4
15 Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
16 Nocturne in F major, Op. 15 No. 1
17-18 Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante, Op. 22

Chopin gave his soul to the piano, creating for it music of unearthly beauty, and teaching it to sing. Though he abandoned his own performing career early, his flawless technique gave him an intimate knowledge of the instrument’s potential both for virtuosic brilliance and expressive subtlety. From the bravura of his early salon showpieces to the aching nostalgia of his mazurkas and the rich lyricism of his late nocturnes, Chopin’s music reaches straight to the heart. He was truly the ‘poet of the piano’. In this beautiful 2CD collection ABC Classics has brought together favourite Chopin works for solo piano.

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Cat. No.: 476 3931
Barcode: 0028947639312
Label: ABC Classics 2CD
Release Date: June

Various Artists | Sally Wise – Slow Listening

ARTISTS

Sally Wise

TRACK LISTING

CD1 
BACH Largo ma non tanto from Concerto for two violins in D minor
BACH Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio
BACH Vergnügte Ruh’, beliebte Seelenlust (Contented rest, beloved inner joy) from Cantata No. 170
MOZART Adagio from Clarinet Concerto
GERSHWIN Lullaby
PUCCINI Questo amor (This love) from Edgar
ELGAR Nimrod from the Enigma Variations
BIEBL Ave Maria (excerpt)
WORSLEY Pastorale
NYMAN If from the film The Diary of Anne Frank
KOEHNE Nocturne (Prelude I) from Palm Court Suite
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (excerpt)
TCHAIKOVSKY Andante cantabile, Op. 11
RODRIGO Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez

CD2                                                                                                                                  
BACH Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3
MARCELLO Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor
MONTEVERDI Pur ti miro (I gaze upon you) from The Coronation of Poppea
VIVALDI Largo from Concerto in D major, RV93
BEETHOVEN Adagio un poco moto from Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’
BRUCH Adagio from Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
DELIBES Sous le dôme épais (Beneath the canopy heavy with jasmine) – Flower Duet from Lakmé
GRIEG Last Spring from Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
DEBUSSY Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque
BIZET Adagietto from L’Arlésienne (Suite No. 1)
RAVEL Song of the Pistachio Harvesters from Five Popular Greek Melodies
GRAINGER Dreamery
BARBER Adagio for Strings
MAHLER Adagietto Sehr langsam (Very slow) from Symphony No. 5

Slow Listening - Delicious music for all seasons

This 2CD set owes the inspiration in its entirety to the wonderful Slow Cooker by bestselling author and culinary genius Sally Wise.

Upon reading and ultimately cooking our way through her book, we became obsessed with unearthing some resplendent musical delights to accompany the flavours and aromas of her cooking. We have infused across these two discs a range of music from many eras. Much like her book with her soups, meats, seafood, vegetables and desserts, we trust you will find similar parallels in our musical crock pot.

This is music to nourish the soul while eating the sumptuous and sublimely pleasurable food Sally inspires us to make. Sally has been kind enough to include just a few more recipes, a soupçon, if you will, to whet your appetite to make more of her wonderful creations in Slow Cooker.

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Cat. No.: 532 3684
Barcode: 0600753236840
Label: Universal CD
Release Date: June

ERA | Era Classic

TRACK LISTING

1. CACCINI: Redemption - Ave Maria
2. VIVALDI: Sunset Drive - Spring / Four Seasons
3. VERDI: Arising Force - Nabucco
4. VERDI: The Chosen Path - La Forza del Destino
5. BACH: Ritus Pacis - Concerto No. 3   
6. MAHLER: Adagieto - 5th Symphony
7. HANDEL: Dark Wonders - Sarabande & Ombra Mai Fu
8. VIVALDI: Winds Of Hope - Winter / Four Seasons
9. LEVI: Sombre Day   
10. BARBER: Adagio For Strings
11. LEVI: I Believe

The 1990s saw a huge hit with Era’s “Amino” – used in an extensive advertising campaign by Optus. Now the follow-up is Era Classic – a collection of sumptuous reworkings of classical tunes.

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Cat. No.: 478 2349
Barcode: 0002894783490
Label: Decca 2CD
Release Date: June

Various Artists | Classic Yoga

ARTISTS

Various Artists

TRACK LISTING

CD 1
[1] Gymnopédie No.1 (Satie)
Pascal Rogé
[2] Adagio (Albinoni)
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Münchinger
[3] Adagio sostenuto (Beethoven: "Moonlight" Sonata)
Claudio Arrau
[4] Air (J.S. Bach: Suite No.3)
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Münchinger
[5] Romance: Andante (Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
[6] Elégie (Fauré)
Lynn Harrell / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin / Riccardo Chailly
[7] Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Münchinger
[8] The Lark Ascending (Vaughan Williams)
Iona Brown / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
[9] Adagio (Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2)
Vladimir Ashkenazy / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
[10] Miserere (Allegri)
Roy Goodman / Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks

CD2
[1] Nocturne in E flat major Op.9 No. 2 (Chopin)
Vladimir Ashkenazy
[2] Scene by the brook (Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
[3] Adagio (Mozart: Clarinet Concerto)
Karl Leister / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
[4] Adagio (Ravel: Piano Concerto in G)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet / Orchestre aymphonique de Montréal / Charles Dutoit
[5] Elégie (Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings)
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy
[6] Pavane (Fauré)
Chorus and Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
[7] Clair de lune (Debussy: Suite bergamasque)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
[8] Nocturne (Borodin: String Quartet No.2)
Borodin Quartet
[9] Tallis: Spem in alium (40-part motet)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks

A new compilation of classical masterpieces to soothe the spirit and calm the mind - from the serenity of Mozart and Bach to meditative masterworks by Chopin and Debussy. Over 2½ hours of sublime musical moments from classical music's greatest interpreters; perfect for home, studio or spa.

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