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Long Live Classical Music
Classic FM has attempted to provide the classical music version of `rock anthems' to shake your head and punch the air to, an equivalent of Rainbow's `Long Live Rock 'n' Roll' anthem of the 1970's. Does it work? Yes of course it does because the Classic FM marketing team are in touch with the needs of today's classical music listeners. The track list is comfortably predictable - Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner), Carmina Burana (Orff), Jupiter (from Holst's Planets), Pomp & Circumstance (Elgar's... more info
disappointing I have a number of classic fm albums, and this one was the first real disappointment. Less of an 'anthem fest', more of an 'oh yes, that is not a bad tune'. For me it is the audio equivalent of a film I saw many years ago called 'good guys wear black'. The advertising poster looked great - 6 scenes of excitinbg action portrayed. When I watched the film, they were the only scenes of any interest in the entire movie. The adverts for this album were a bit like that for me.
A bit of a let down, but still good Most of the material on this compiliation has already been included on other Classic FM CD's from the last 2 years. Also when you think of anthems, I think of uplifting, upbeat high tempo music, however this is none of these. However there is the odd track which comes pretty close to the mark. Having said this, the compilation is not unlistenable, although prehaps a bit more thought could have been put into the song choices. In future I feel Classic FM is in danger of doing another "Zadok the Priest"... more info
Long Live Classical Music Classic FM has attempted to provide the classical music version of `rock anthems' to shake your head and punch the air to, an equivalent of Rainbow's `Long Live Rock 'n' Roll' anthem of the 1970's. Does it work? Yes of course it does because the Classic FM marketing team are in touch with the needs of today's classical music listeners. The track list is comfortably predictable - Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner), Carmina Burana (Orff), Jupiter (from Holst's Planets), Pomp & Circumstance (Elgar's Land... more info
Tracks:
The Ride of the Walkyres - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Jerusalem - Alfie Boe, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
13. Dance of the knights - The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
Nessun Dorma - Alfie Boe, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Gareth Hancock
4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity - Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
Rhapsody in Blue - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Hugh Wolff
3. Maestoso - Allegro - Michael Matthes, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
No.29 Scène finale (Andante) - Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
"Largo al factotum" - Sherrill Milnes, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Silvio Varviso
Sabre Dance - Valery Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg
No.8 in G minor (Presto) - Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
2. Dies irae - Kirov Chorus, St Petersburg, Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev
2. Tuba mirum - Ildebrando d' Arcangelo, Kirov Chorus, St Petersburg, Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev
"O Fortuna" - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly
"Pomp and Circumstance," Op.39: March, No.1 in D - Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli
4. La réjouissance - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
