Great Ballet Classics Ref: CDG1039
13 tracks 67 min
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A celebration of dance and ballet in a memorable programme of musical highlights from the world of theatre, performed by some of the world's great orchestras.
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Music for Mothers Ref: CDG1065
18 tracks 62 min
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A charming album which combines music evoking children and childish things with music for moments of repose for a tired mum! A perfect gift for Mother's Day or any occasion, the album includes works by Mozart, Haydn and Brahms.
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Opera Classics Ref: CDG1064
16 tracks 65 min
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Great performances of favourite arias
The greatest operatic arias from historic performances of the twentieth century. Cruso, Tetrazzini and Bjorling are just a few of the incomparable artists that can be heard in music ranging from 'Your tiny hand is frozen' from Puccini's 'La Boheme' to Bizet's unforgettable 'Pearl Fishers' duet.
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Classical Harp Ref: CDG1048
17 tracks 60 min
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Gentle, classical tunes played by that most seductive of instruments, the concert harp. Superb new arrangements of masterworks of the past include Pachelbel's 'Canon', Massenet's 'Meditation', Bach's 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring' and music by Satie, Boccherini and others to uplift and inspire.
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A Musical Moment Ref: CDG1159
8 tracks 63 min
Profound music for contemplation
Quiet music crossing four centuries, from the calm lute of the sixteenth century to the rich harmonies of the nineteenth, in a programme of some of the most profound music ever written. Long adagios contrast with a series of short but moving pieces. Music by JS Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler and others.
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Beautiful Dreamer Ref: CDG1138
13 tracks 61 min
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Music of America's Gilded Age
Music from America's brilliant period, from the end of the Civil War to the second decade of the 1900s, reflected in an album of piano music and songs. Edward Macdowell and others wrote music of great beauty and refinement: and there are songs from Stephen Foster, and early ragtime too, in the works of Joplin and others.
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Sweet Music for Bathing Ref: CDG1088
20 tracks 63 min
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Sublime sounds for relaxing moments
Pamper yourself - or a friend - with this luxuriant album of sweet music from a more seductive age. From slow dances to gentle songs of love, this programme includes 'O mistress mine', 'Sarabande', 'Hark, hark, the lark' and 'Beneath the myrtle shades'.
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Coming from the Mill Ref: CDG1188
10 tracks 62 min
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A musical evening for L.S. Lowry
A programme of classical music featuring works which were played for L.S. Lowry's 77th birthday celebrations at a Hallé orchestra concert in Manchester, plus a varied selection of gramophone recordings by other composers and musicians that Lowry listened to at home: Beethoven, Mozart, and opera sung by that great diva, Maria Callas.
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Music for Motoring Ref: CDG1090
21 tracks 63 min
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Great tunes for a day out in the country
The picnic's packed, the car warmed up, we all climb in and we're off for a day in the country. And to help us on our way, here is an album of jolly tunes, including what else but 'Genevieve', and 'Daisy Belle': so why don't we follow Gracie Fields' advice and 'Sing as we go'.
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The Soul of the Orient Ref: CDG1137
9 tracks 65 min
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Tranquil Japanese music
An album which features famous Japanese composers and music from the Heian period to modern times, in a program designed to relax as the lovely, elegant music describes simple and beautiful things from nature, such as cherry blossoms, a stream, or the wind in the pine trees.
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Some Corner of a Foreign Field Ref: CDG1082
30 tracks 64 min
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Poetry and Music of the Great War 1914-1918
The horrors of the Great War produced some of the finest British poetry of the century. Poignant readings are combined with music of great power in a moving album, full of humour, irony, and terror in equal measure.
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Time & Tide Ref: CDG1153
8 tracks 65 min
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Calming Classics
A day by the sea; but there's not a kiss-me-quick hat or stick of rock in sight! Instead, imagine sitting on the cliff top or harbour wall listening to the ebb and flow of the sea as captured in this album of tranquil music, all of which takes the ocean as its theme, or which flows elegantly like the sounds of the waves themselves!
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Forever England Ref: CDG1108
18 tracks 60 min
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Music for a Green and Pleasant Land
From the Lincolnshire poacher to the famous floral dance, this album is a celebration of the English countryside. Folksy and nostalgic, it provides a gazeteer of favourite English places: those quiet corners where life, even in today's hectic world, has seemed to stand still.
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Country Living Ref: CDG1109
21 tracks 68 min
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A Musical Tour of Rural Memories
Favourite tunes from the world of broadcasting, along with some of the best of British light music create an album with a distinctly country flavour, from Barwick Green (The Archers) to The Sleepy Lagon (Desert Island Discs). A delightful evocation of English country life.
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American Impressions Ref: CDG1143
18 tracks 61 min
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Piano music by American composers
Contrasting music rooted, like American painting of the late nineteenth century, in the European and American tradition: Charles Griffes was the first American 'Impressionist' composer while Macdowell took the American landscape and its scenes as his inspiration.
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Under an American Sky Ref: CDG1142
17 tracks 66 min
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Music for the wide open spaces
Great things are done when men and mountains meet (William Blake)
From Charles Ives to classic Coolidge, this program of evocative American music captures the essence of the American spirit and its relationship to the landscape.
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Gilbert & Sullivan Ref: CDG1105
23 tracks 68 min
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D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Authentic recordings of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company performing highlights from three of Gilbert & Sullivan's best-loved operettas, filled with humour, pathos, wit - and a whole host of jolly good tunes!
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Music for a Goddess Ref: CDG1058
11 tracks 64 min
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Great opera and orchestral classics for an indulgent moment
Soothing and uplifting music for a goddess (domestic or otherwise). An album of music to help get away from it all, bathed in orchestral bliss with works by Mozart, Puccini and Beethoven inspired by feminine perfection.
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A Perfecte Harmonie Ref: CDG1103
30 tracks 66 min
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Elizabethan Love Duets
Delicate lute duets which conjure images of an expensively draped Tudor room where musicians play quietly in one corner as the fading winter sun streams through a stained glass window, creating colours and reflections which are mirrored in the twists, turns and melodies of this elegant music.
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My Heart's Desire Ref: CDG1060
20 tracks 61 min
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Love songs and ballads form the Elizabethan age
Great romantic ballads and airs from sixteenth century England by Dowland, Campion, Rosseter and Holborne, accompanied by viols, lutes and recorders in an evocative programme full of feeling that brings the Tudor age to life.
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Music for a Church Wedding Ref: CDG1030
18 tracks 68 mins
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An album of music for a special day.
Use this lovely collection of organ music for church weddings to make your own personal choices for your own celebration - and listen to it afterwards as an atmospheric reminder of a unique moment in your life. From Bach to Wagner, there's something to suit everybody. Inside the booklet there's plenty of advice on how to choose music to suit your mood and style and to make sure that another important element of your special day can be just that bit more personal.
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Romance of the Harp Ref: CDG1007
14 tracks 64 min
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The harp is one of the most romantic of instruments. Its sounds can instantly evoke an atmosphere of peace and calm. This collection of Romantic harp music includes music by the greatest composers from one of the finest eras of harp music.
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Romance of the Flute Ref: CDG1008
21 tracks 65 min
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Well-known tunes for flute and piano
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Romance of the Piano Ref: CDG1009
15 tracks 66 min
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Relaxing piano music by Brahms, Debussy, Chopin, Schubert, and more recorded on a very fine period instrument by Broadwood.
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Winter Lullabies Ref: CDG1155
16 tracks 64 min
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Howard Goodall
An exciting major new commission from the pen of composer and TV star Howard Goodall, framed by famous, gentle, approachable music for winter and Christmas, sung by the heavenly boys' voices of Christ Church cathedral choir
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Spirit of Discovery Ref: CDG1054
6 tracks 60 min
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Music for the armchair traveller
A programme of music with a nautical theme, and of travelling the world. Mystical tales of the sea, stories of derring-do, of voyages calm or otherwise, of billowing waves and the sea spray, the tang of the salt air
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Music for My Lady Ref: CDG1072
25 tracks 63 min
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18th century chamber music
Songs of love from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, performed with the gentle accompaniment of the lute. Violin solos and harpsichord and viol consort music complete this programme of 'delightes', chosen to be a gentle musical 'portrait of a lady'.
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Georgian Splendour Ref: CD807
25 tracks 63 min
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Music for elegant living
Includes Handel's Water Music
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Victorian Vision Ref: CD808
17 tracks 59 min
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Music for home and garden
Includes Mendelssohn and Gilbert and Sullivan
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Americana Ref: CDG1139
10 tracks 60 min
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The American Dream
The biggest and best of America's music from the National Anthem to Copand's stunning 'Fanfare for the Common Man' and some of Sousa's famous marches, including 'The Stars and Stripes Forever'. A program which evokes the wide-open spaces of the American landscape and the optimism of the American people.
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A Gift to be Simple Ref: CDG1136
34 tracks 62 min
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Music for Early America
The pioneering spirit of the first explorers of the United States of America, from their own music from the earliest times to superb evocations of their lives, times and tunes from famous American composers of the twentieth century. Ainsworth Psalms, the Bay Psalter, Ives, Copland, Coolidge and more.
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Spirit of History Ref: CD202
3 CDs - 'Tudor and Stuart Spirit', 'Georgian Splendour' and 'Victorian Vision'
This fascinating journey through four centuries of Britain's musical history takes us from Henry VIII's 'Greensleeves' and Purcell's 'Trumpet Tune' to Handel's 'Harmonious Blacksmith' and the exquisitely nuanced work of Gilbert & Sullivan.
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Spirit of the Sea Ref: CD201
32 tracks 125 min
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2 CDs - 'Sea Shanties' and 'Spirit of Discovery'
Rousing songs from the age of sail combine with classical music on a nautical theme for the armchair sailor. The old sea dog can sit back and relax to famous songs and nautical music, without any danger of getting his feet wet!
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Bandstand Ref: CDG1129
20 tracks 72 min
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A musical walk in the park
Strolling along on a Sunday afternoon, we can hear the band in the bandstand playing favourite melodies and musical highlights from the world of stage and screen. Superb musicaians create a sparkling evocation of the world of the brass band.
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Sea Shanties Ref: CDG1024
26 tracks 65 min
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Rousing songs from the age of sail
A cheerful collection of songs from the sea for the armchair sailor. Sea shanties were often sung to help with the repetitive and back breaking tasks neede to sail a big ship - good rhythms, good tunes and good words.
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Oriental Garden Ref: CDG1096
15 tracks 62 min
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The romance of the East in music
All the mystery, exoticism and romance of the East is found in this glorious evocation of an oriental garden. The music includes the lush harmonies of 'Sheherazade', the passion of Delibes' 'Lakme' and the heady excitement of Saint-Saens' 'Baccanale'.
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Tudor & Stuart Spirit Ref: CD806
20 tracks 60 min
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From dancing to dreaming, this selection of music from Tudor and Stuart times encompasses the joys and sorrows of the age from traditional country tunes to expressions of royal fortunes and misfortunes.
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Travels with my Lute Ref: CDG1114
31 tracks 68 min
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Fine Renaissance music
The gentle lute: played by one of Britain's leading virtuosos, Lynda Sayce, this programme draws together the best lute music of the Renaissance, contrasting the different regional musical styles which emerged during the golden period of lute composition.
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Sporting Moments Ref: CDG1091
20 tracks 61 min
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Favourite tunes with a sporting theme
The thwack of leather on willow, Saturday afternoon on the terraces, a day at the races: all are conjured up by this entertaining album of sporting musical favourites from bygone times. We kick off with the 'Grandstand' theme and call time a whole hour later!
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