Roger Heaton

On this CD:

1. New York Counterpoint, for clarinet, bass clarinet & tape
Composed by Steve Reich
with Roger Heaton , Roger Heaton , Roger Heaton

2. Like He Never Was, for 4 clarinets & samples
Composed by Glyn Perrin
with Roger Heaton , Roger Heaton , Roger Heaton , Glyn Perrin

3. Kärwa Melodies (25), for 2 clarinets
Composed by Walter Zimmermann
with Roger Heaton , Roger Heaton , Roger Heaton

4. Rational Melodies, for clarinet No.1 for solo bass clarinet
Composed by Tom Johnson
with Roger Heaton

5. Bass Clarinet and Percussion, for bass clarinet, cymbals & gong
Composed by Morton Feldman
with Roger Heaton , Simon Limbrick

6. Rational Melodies, for clarinet No.21, for solo clarinet
Composed by Tom Johnson
with Roger Heaton

7. Stone: wind: rain: sun, for 2 clarinets
Composed by Christopher Fox
with Roger Heaton

8. Elegies (3), for 9 clarinets
Composed by Gavin Bryars
with Roger Heaton , Roger Heaton , Roger Heaton

9. Cinema Paradiso, film score Excerpts for clarinet, piano & synthesizers
Composed by Ennio Morricone
with Roger Heaton , Roger Heaton , Roger Heaton , David Smith

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Bryars: The Sinking Of The Titanic / Barnett, Bryars Ensemble, et al
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Music For Sinking Ships
  • Unobtrusively ambient
  • Meditative
  • probably perfect...
  • Plaintive, haunted and hypnotic.
Bryars: The Sinking Of The Titanic / Barnett, Bryars Ensemble, et al

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000040UW
Release Date: 1995-02-14

Tracks:

  1. The Sinking Of The Titanic: Opening Part I
  2. The Sinking Of The Titanic: Titanic Hymn (Autumn) All Strings
  3. The Sinking Of The Titanic: Hymn II
  4. The Sinking Of The Titanic: Interlude
  5. The Sinking Of The Titanic: Hymn III
  6. The Sinking Of The Titanic: Hymn IV (Aughton)
  7. The Sinking Of The Titanic: Opening Part II
  8. The Sinking Of The Titanic: Titanic Lament
  9. The Sinking Of The Titanic: Woodblocks
  10. The Sinking Of The Titanic: Last Hymn
  11. The Sinking Of The Titanic: Coda

Amazon.com

Bryars's The Sinking of the Titanic is one of the oddest and at the same time most mesmerizing works to come out of this end of the century. It began in 1972 as an abstract art piece that kept on building and changing in the composer's mind. It's a ghostly tapestry of eerie echoes, distant sounds almost like whale songs, and interjected rifts representing the band that was playing even as the boat sank. This is a masterpiece that rewards repeated listenings. --Paul Cook

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Music For Sinking Ships.......2007-04-03

"The Sinking of The Titanic" is a beautifully subtle, evocative, and haunting work. Though composed before ambient music became its own genre, I would defintely describe it as such. Gavin Bryars utilizes strings, minimalist vocals and 'found sounds' to paint this mournful yet hopeful soundscape that seems to float. If you're looking for great ambient/contemporary classical music without any annoying bombastic percussion mucking things up, you'll love this gorgeous work.

4 out of 5 stars Unobtrusively ambient.......2004-12-04

Like Phil Glass this piece relies on repeating relatively simple patterns in layers that slowly change the overall colour of the sound without any obvious melodic or key changes. Unlike Phil Glass rhythm has virtually no place in this piece. It moves like a light mist over the valley of your listening ear.

Predominantly strings, pensive but not unhappy in mood, it would be a fitting to have it playing in the submersible's cd player while you scouted around the wreck of the Titanic when it was on the bottom of the ocean, wondering about the what-ifs of the lives lost, who last drank out of that coral encrusted champagne glass, who's pocket that coin fell from...

Also good to go to sleep to if, like me, you love to drift off to music.

5 out of 5 stars Meditative.......2001-02-06

I wonder how many people bought this recording thinking it had something to do with the "Titanic" movie? And if so, how many kept the recording? Their loss. This is a great work, well performed and recorded. Repetitious without being monotonous, it's the aural equivalent of watching light move across the water as seen from beneath the surface. Recommended to fans of Eno, Philip Glass, and their contemporaries.

5 out of 5 stars probably perfect..........2000-06-25

This music destroys me. I'm a huge fan of pretty much everything Gavin Bryar's has recorded, but this one probably beats out all else. It's a tough call between this and 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet', but I think this one wins out. 'Titanic' is some of the most beautiful, haunting music that I've ever heard. I've heard it called good ambient music, good music to play in the background. I couldn't disagree more. This is music that -demands- every iota of your attention. Put it on, lie down, turn out the lights and just listen to the whole thing. It is a truly overpowering experience. Bryar's has a way of doing this.

4 out of 5 stars Plaintive, haunted and hypnotic........2000-04-09

As Bryars explained in the sleevenotes, The Sinking Of The Titanic is a musical equivalence of a piece of conceptual art, I couldn't agree more. The plaintive, haunted and hypnotic piece creates a three-dimensional music-scape and effective draws the audience into it. Bryars is a minimalist, his mastery shines through the no nonsense arrangement of the piece. The Sinking, with its languid melodies, dreamlike tones and environmental noises, is reminiscent of the Ambient genre. But is should be noted that the piece was originally written in the late sixties, a time when the term "ambient" was yet to be coined. Also, The Sinking consists of mostly live orchestra sounds, which is way more sophisticated and transcendent than electronic sounds. Recommended!
Discover Music of the 20th Century
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • excellent overview of contemporaneous classic music
  • For the price you can't lose
Discover Music of the 20th Century

Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B000B6N6B8
Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

  1. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'un Faune - Alexander Rahbari
  2. Walzer - Peter Hill
  3. I. Andante-Scherzo - Rebecca Hirsch
  4. Sehr Ruhig Und Zart - Ulster Orchestra
  5. Lebhaft Und Zart Bewegt - Ulster Orchestra
  6. Sehr Langsam Und Ausserst Zart - Ulster Orchestra
  7. Fliessend, Ausserst Zart - Ulster Orchestra
  8. Sehr Fliessend - Ulster Orchestra
  9. Forlane: Allegretto - Klara Kormendi
  10. First Tableau: The Shrove-Tide Fair - Philharmonia Orchestra
  11. The Mountebank - Philharmonia Orchestra
  12. Vivo - Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  13. III. Moderato Pesante - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  14. Hymn To St. Cecilia - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge
  15. IV. Allegretto - Ondrej Lenard
  16. Introduzione: Andante Non Troppo-Allegro Vivace - Alexander Rahbari

Tracks:

  1. Romance - Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Kosice)
  2. II. Allegro - Ladislav Slovak
  3. III. Allegro Agitato - Stephen Gunzenhauser
  4. Main Theme From Schindler's List - Paul Bateman
  5. The Unanswered Question - Northern Sinfonia
  6. Second Electonic Interpolation (Conclusion) - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
  7. Third Electronic Interpolation (Beginning) - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
  8. I. Liturgie De Cristal - Amici Ensemble
  9. IV. Commentaire - Idil Biret
  10. Warming Up, Leading To Model 1, Bass - Gregory Rose
  11. 'Gott Nochmal' Sun God - Gregory Rose
  12. 'Vishnu' God Of Storms - Gregory Rose
  13. God Of The Earth - Gregory Rose
  14. First Interlude - Boris Berman
  15. I. - Roger Heaton
  16. Short Ride In A Fast Machine - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  17. The Lord's Prayer - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge
  18. II. Lento E Largo-Tranquillissimo - Zofia Kilanowicz
  19. Lullaby - Philharmonia Orchestra
  20. Vision Of The Hunt I - Philharmonia Orchestra
  21. Voice For Solo Flute - Robert Aitken

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars excellent overview of contemporaneous classic music.......2007-03-22

excellent overview of contemporaneous classic music.

Should be continued, plenty more 20th-century composers to be discovered.

5 out of 5 stars For the price you can't lose.......2007-02-21

This 2 cd set consists of, as the title indicates, various 20c pieces or movements from the Naxos catalog. Sound quality is uniformly high, although for some such as Stockhausen's it's not clear if that's good or bad. What is excellent is the variety of the collection--some familiar (Debussy), others not, some pretty, others intentionally weird. Few will find every piece to his or her taste, but many listeners who do not spend much time on 20c music will find something to like. Overall, a great introduction to a period of much off-putting, yes, but also much compelling music.
After the Requiem
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Sheer Beauty
After the Requiem

Manufacturer: Ecm Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000031W0
Release Date: 1994-06-14

Tracks:

  1. After The Requiem - Alexander Balanescu
  2. The Old Tower Of Lobenicht
  3. Alaric I Or II - Evan Parker
  4. Allegrasco

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Sheer Beauty.......1999-12-26

The albums beauty isn't caught in simple melodic lines but rather in a dense world of sounds. The combination of two viola's, cello and guitar creates a unique, emontional yet somewhat cold atmosphere(a bit comparable with 'OK Computer' by Radiohead). The other tracks on the album also seem to prefer to breath atmosphere rather then singing simple melodies, yet the music isn't 'difficult'. The first time I heard it, it seem to creep up to me and become a kind of second skin. I still listen to regurally, and it always succeeds in surprising me with its sheer beauty.
Bryars: Cadman Requiem, Adnan Songbook, etc. / Hilliard Ensemble, Fretwork
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Not the usual Bryars
  • a requiem worth hearing
  • Title
Bryars: Cadman Requiem, Adnan Songbook, etc. / Hilliard Ensemble, Fretwork
Fretwork
Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Bryars: The Sinking Of The Titanic / Barnett, Bryars Ensemble, et al
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ASIN: B00000HXJ0
Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

  1. Cadman Requiem: Requiem
  2. Cadman Requiem: Caedmon Paraphrase (Bede)
  3. Cadman Requiem: Agnus Dei
  4. Cadman Requiem: Caedmon's ' Creation Hymn'
  5. Cadman Requiem: In Paradisum
  6. Adnan Songbook: Song I
  7. Adnan Songbook: Song II
  8. Adnan Songbook: Song III
  9. Adnan Songbook: Song IV
  10. Adnan Songbook: Song V
  11. Adnan Songbook: Song VI
  12. Adnan Songbook: Song VII
  13. Adnan Songbook: Song VIII
  14. Epilogue From Wonder Lawn

Amazon.com

Gavin Bryars's Cadman Requiem is a somber work, even allowing for its genre. Written for Bill Cadman, a longtime friend of Bryars who died in the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing, the piece makes miles of thoughtful power out of wavering, long string tones that act as a backdrop for astounding vocals from the Hilliard Ensemble. The slowed physical motions emphasize the piece's gravity, and the strings are scripted just in line with the voices, favoring the low end with bruising effect. There are fearful, almost panic-rich moments, but each recedes into long tenor-range lines that stretch to the sonic horizon. Having written such similarly somber pieces as Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet and The Sinking of the Titanic, Bryars is no stranger to extended works; but here he juxtaposes his Requiem with eight love poems from Etel Adnan. Sung by soprano Valdine Anderson, these works get their force from the casual eroticism and passion of their language as much as from the vocal delivery. Their opulence is unmistakable and strangely in line with the CD's opener. The guitar-framed episodes of "Epilogue from Wonderlawn," which the composer scripted for choreographer Laurie Booth, close out this magnificent collection. What excellent proof it offers that Bryars, who's labeled "difficult" by many, can write for the broadest of audiences and still be meaningful. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Not the usual Bryars.......2000-09-16

While I enjoy Gavin Bryars, in general I have to be in the perfect mood to listen intently or he dissolves into noise. That is not true of any of the pieces on this disk. The title piece, Cadman Requiem is a magnificant piece of deep prolonged sounds creating a dark and reflective Requiem. This is music perfectly fitted to the words. The Hilliard Ensemble does a splendid job in fitting the voices to the deep strings.

The Adnan Songbook puts six of the Lebanese-American poet's poems to music. Bryars lets the words, the voice take the spotlight against a very quiet and melodic musical backdrop.

Epilogue From Wonderlawn is a varied piece, approaching the musical style that forces one to truly concentrate on Bryars' music.

If you've ever been curious regarding Bryars' work, this is an excellent CD to introduce his music to you. If you like his music, this will quickly move up high on your favorites list.

5 out of 5 stars a requiem worth hearing.......2000-07-13

Bryars' Cadman Requiem is a masterwork of soothing music. The Hilliard Ensemble and Fretwork deliver an outstanding performance. The composer's influences of plainchant and modality are evident in the music. What a delight to listen to!

5 out of 5 stars Title.......1999-12-24

'Cadman Requiem'must be one of the most beautifull pieces of music written in this century. If modern classical music ever made a must-have CD, this could be the one. 'Adnans songbook'is great to, though it loses in beauty compared to Cadman Requiem. Poor the 'musiclover' who misses out on this album...
Vita Nova
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Stick with the vocal music
Vita Nova

Manufacturer: Ecm Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000031YN
Release Date: 1994-05-10

Tracks:

  1. Incipit Vita Nova - David James/Annemarie Dreyer/Ulrike Lachner/Rebecca Firth
  2. Glorious Hill - The Hilliard Ens
  3. Four Elements - Large Chm Ens/Roger Heaton
  4. Sub Rosa - Gavin Bryars Ens

Amazon.com essential recording

Gavin Bryars writes for specific instrumentalists and singers rather than for performers in general--a powerful motivating force that--as Handel, Mozart, Britten, and others, including Bryars, have shown--often inspires great music. Bryars is a mature, thoughtful composer whose versatility--he writes for several different instrumental and vocal combinations here--never inhibits his originality. And his originality never comes at the expense of accessibility. The music is tonal yet unpredictable, intelligent yet unpretentious. "Incipit Vita Nova," for male alto and string trio, is a response to the birth of a friend's child. Its simple beauty and sensitive instrumental scoring sets the tone for the entire album. "Glorious Hill," commissioned by the Hilliard Ensemble, is a triumph of text, texture, timbre, and of the unique expressive power of the human voice. There are many rewards on this album, from the stirring, sometimes disturbing, always enticing music, to the all-around, top-of-form performances. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Stick with the vocal music.......1999-07-13

The two vocal works, "Incipit Vita Nova" and "Glorious Hill", are captivating and beautiful, and I give them 5 stars. However, the two "jazz"-oriented instrumentals, "Four Elements" and "Sub Rosa", drone on excruciatingly (and I'm a Morton Feldman fan, not in principle opposed to slowly evolving patterns).
Roger Heaton
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    Roger Heaton

    Manufacturer: Clarinet Classics
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000044D5
    Release Date: 1995-11-21

    Tracks:

    1. New York Counterpoint
    2. New York Counterpoint
    3. New York Counterpoint
    4. Like He Never Was - Roger Heaton/Glyn Perrin
    5. 25 Karwa Melodien
    6. Rational Melody No.1
    7. Bass, Clarinet & Percussion - Roger Heaton/Simon Limbrick
    8. Rational Melody No.21
    9. Stone: Wind: Rain: Sun
    10. Three Elegies For Nine Clarinets
    11. Three Elegies For Nine Clarinets
    12. Three Elegies For Nine Clarinets
    13. Cinema Paradiso (Music From The Film) - Roger Heaton/Dave Smith/Chris Heaton
    Cassandra
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      Cassandra

      Manufacturer: Capstone
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD
      ASIN: B00000JF5I
      Release Date: 1998-01-01
      Morton Feldman: Clarinet and String Quartet; Christopher Fox: Clarinet Quintet
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        Morton Feldman: Clarinet and String Quartet; Christopher Fox: Clarinet Quintet

        Manufacturer: Metier
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        QuintetsQuintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
        All Works by FeldmanAll Works by Feldman | Feldman, Morton | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B0007MSUZS
        Release Date: 2005-02-22
        Extracts from Infinity: New Compositions by Stephen Plews
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          Extracts from Infinity: New Compositions by Stephen Plews

          Manufacturer: Campion Cameo
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B000ASAT76
          Release Date: 2005-09-27

          Tracks:

          1. God's Mates Revisited
          2. Industrial Language
          3. Theme - Highland Clearance
          4. Lament for Synesios
          5. King's Casualties
          6. Five Etudes/1.
          7. Five Etudes/2.
          8. Five Etudes/3.
          9. Five Etudes/4.
          10. Five Etudes/5.
          11. On the Street Where You Died (In Memoriam)
          12. Mouring the Death of an Illusion Parts 1 & 4
          13. Interrogation - A Quick Sketch for Clarinet and Piano
          14. March of Disorder/Inner Migration
          15. Echoe's Bones
          16. Evolution
          The History of the Clarinet in Words and Music
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            The History of the Clarinet in Words and Music

            Manufacturer: Clarinet Classics
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            QuintetsQuintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
            TriosTrios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
            Bellini, VincenzoBellini, Vincenzo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by BerliozAll Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by BrahmsAll Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by DonizettiAll Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by HandelAll Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAll Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by Robert SchumannAll Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by SpohrAll Works by Spohr | Spohr, Ludwig | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by Johann Wenzel StamitzAll Works by Johann Wenzel Stamitz | Stamitz, Johann Wenzel | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by VerdiAll Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by WeberAll Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by RachmaninovAll Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            ClassicalClassical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances
            SymphoniesSymphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            ElectronicElectronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer
            ClarinetClarinet | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
            English HornEnglish Horn | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
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            GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
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            GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            Classical (c.1770-1830)Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances
            Romantic (c.1820-1910)Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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            ASIN: B00005KA2E
            Release Date: 2001-05-29

            Track Listings:

            1. Rossini - Eduardo e Cristina / Jara · Acosta · Dumitru · Gorny · J.O. Gomez · I Virtuosi di Praga· F. Corti
            2. Rossini's Ghost [Soundtrack]
            3. Rossini - La Gazzetta / Luisi
            4. Rossini - La Pietra del Paragone / Mingardo, Matteuzi, Spagnoli, Fradilha, Aprea, Festival della Valle d'Itria
            5. Rossini Pot-Pourri: Musiche Di E Da Gioacchinio Rossini
            6. Russian and Ukranian Chants of the 16th and 17th Centuries
            7. Sammartini: Flute Sonatas Op. 2, Vol. 1 Nos. 1 - 6
            8. Septet/Introduction & Rondeau
            9. Soprano 2
            10. String Trio

            Track Listings

            track listings

            Track Listings

            The Heat

            Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Op77; Beethoven: Sonata in G Op30/3

            Big Night: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

            Music: Super Hits [Live]

            Caposville

            Artist Collection: Toni Braxton [Import]

            Defining Beauty

            Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 "Eroica" & 6 "Pastorale"

            Candlewyck

            Amandote

            Black Sea [Original recording remastered]

            Days Run Away [Import]

            Café del Mar: Best of 2004 Edition

            Beethoven: 9 Symphonien

            Blinders On