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Super Rail Band
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Artist:
Various Artists
England Anthems 2002 is a collection of the by now familiar puff-your-chest-out-and-be-proud-you're-English mix of music to stir the blood--from "Land of Hope and Glory" to "Greensleeves", "Rule Britannia" to "Jerusalem", "You'll Never Walk Alone" to "Nessun dorma". All these come in recommendable performances from the back catalogue, featuring the likes of Pavarotti, Vera Lynn and Roger Norrington, the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and, yes, the Choir of King's College Cambridge ("Abide with Me"). Only a rather lacklustre arrangement of "I Vow to Thee my Country" (from Holst's Planets) and an eccentric "Nimrod" from Elgar's ...
 ENG-ER-LAND!!!!!!!, 2003-01-08
A fantastic compilation of tracks; to include speeches by Churchill and Henry V was an inspiration and Nessun Dorma gets the back of your neck every time. Any true Englishman will enjoy the whole CD.
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Rated: Exempt
Staring:
Lesley Garrett,
Jose Cura,
Guy Barker
A Magical and Memorable Concert, 2003-10-31
This DVD is a must for all Lesley fans, and perhaps for others too. It is most certainly not your typical Christmas Musical Extravaganza, of which one often feels weary.
Lesley has chosen a wide range of musical styles, and there are excellent new arrangements of well known favourites. The end product is a live performance which is stunning in all respects. Guests, stage sets,and variety of songs,are a joy to the ears. I was particularly impressed by several items in the concert where Lesley "spread her wings" even more. The singing and musical arrangement of 'On holy ground', was deeply moving and sung with great passion, so much so,I found it 'spine tingling'.Lesley and Guy's performances of 'Sound the trumpet',and'Baby its cold outside',equally superb in a very different musical genre.From start to finish, this concert recording, keeps you spellbound. It is full of surprises, and never fails to move and entertain.
When you reach the end, you just want to hear and watch it, all over again.
Finally, not only is this DVD wonderful to listen to, it is also
visually excellent. The colourful sets, lighting and costumes, Lesley's is as sparkling as she herself, all add to the 'magic'.I know I will assign this album to my all time favourites.Lesley just gets better and better, without a doubt, I consider it an all round seasonal winner.
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Various
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 Fascinating CD, 2009-02-12
Since Grainger died in 1961, this could have been a fuzzy audio recording, but instead it is Grainger's recordings on the Aeolian "Duo-Art" reproducing piano system, made much earlier in the 20th century. It is played on a modern Steinway, with a robot constructed in the 1970's that takes advantage of subtleties on the original rolls that could not be reproduced by the equipment of the time. The Duo-Art system was the Rolls Royce of pianola rolls, and if well adjusted was uncannily lifelike. The sound quality is perfect, the expression is just slightly wooden in places, but Grainger's interpretation is extraordinarily evocative, speaking to us almost first-hand from nearly a century ago. Fascinating stuff.
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Wichita Line Band
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Encyclopedic survey with some wonderful bonuses, 2004-10-11
Grainger's piano music is notoriously difficult, and it's also fairly uneven, so a complete survey is bound to have its highs and lows. Martin Jones does make a few obvious fluffs, but these are easy to overlook, given the great musicality of these performances. The sound quality is good, though some may find the tone a little too mellow and the acoustic a little too spacious for their tastes. For me, perhaps the best things about this set are the fillers on the 5th disc - here are some fantastic gems for multiple pianos and and multiple pianists. The English Dance for 2 pianos-6 hands is simply fantastic. Overall, this is a very enjoyable set, so long as you're reasonably selective. A must for Grainger fans, and enhanced by excellent programme notes.
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Artist:
Johnny Cash
Exactly what you would expect and more, 2009-11-21
This is exactly what you'd expect from a Johnny Cash christmas album and then there are some atmospheric talking tracks still with the music behind, but if you don't like that kind of thing there's 20 tracks to find something you do like. A great christmas album as I expected it to be and better 5 stars for an Xmas album!
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Artist:
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Bach Choir,
London Symphony Orchestra,
Cambridge King's College Choir,
Philharmonia Orchestra
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![Various: Garrett Live At Xmas [DVD] [2003]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MVH2QZ06L._SL160_.jpg "Various: Garrett Live At Xmas [DVD] [2003]")
