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Time Traveller: Wartime Britain

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Henry V; Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Dusk, for voice & piano; Richard Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto; Walter Kent: The White Cliffs of Dover; Kenneth J. Alford: C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Bowlly, Al; Coward, Noel; Hess, Myra; Lynn, Vera
Conductors: Walton, William; Dunn, Vivian; Alwyn, Kenneth; Osborne, Tony; Marriner, Sir Neville; Groves, Charles, Sir; Gibbons, Carroll; Barbirolli, John; Wallace, J.L.; Noble, Ray; Kilbey, Reginald

Britain's Finest Hour - and six years of cataclysm, stoicism and heroism - are recalled by this richly varied collection of music associated with the...continue...

And the Waltz Goes On

1 CD / Universal Import / 2011-11-08

Works: Frank Steijns: Grande valse viennoise (Wiener Festwalzer); Dreaming of New Zealand; Robert Stolz: Frühjahrsparade; Anthony Hopkins: And the Waltz Goes On, for violin & string orchestra; Joseph M...
Performers: Bolle, Nathalie; Brepols, Mireille; Close, Dennis; Colen, Pierre; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; De Keersmaecker, Jennifer; Derwahl, Tanja; Detry, Stephanie; Diakoff, Nadejda; Diederen, Roger; F...

Recording information: André Rieu Studios BV, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Featuring an array of traditional waltzes from Finland ("Valse Triste"), France ("La Petite Valse"), and Austria ...continue...

Someone Talked! - Memories of WWII / William Bolcom, Robert White, Joan Morris

1 CD / Equilibrium / 2009-10-13

Works: Spoken Word: Memories of World War II, interview with Hazen Schumacher; Luther Henderson: A Slip of the Lip, song; Irving Berlin: Any Bonds Today, song; This is the Army, Mr. Jones, song (from "This ...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Morris, Joan; Schumacher, Hazen; White, Robert

The pure joy of collaboration overflows with pride and respect for the deeper purpose of honoring those who sacrificed to preserve the essence of democracy...continue...

Living a Dream

1 CD / Decca / 2009-01-27

Works: Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Gustav Holst: I vow to thee, my country; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Francesco Sartori: Canto della terra, song; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phanto...
Performers: Bold, M.; Finch, Catrin; Jenkins, Katherine; Paracelli, J.
Conductors: Inglis, Anthony

Katherine Jenkins' Italian-language version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" ("L'Amore Sei Tu"), first performed live at Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire on August...continue...
Personnel: Katherine Jenkins (mezzo soprano); The Prague Symphony (various instruments); J. Paracelli (guitar); Guillo (keyboards); M. Bold (percussion).

Originally released in Europe in 2005 b...continue...

Living a Dream

1 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2005-10-31

Works: Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Gustav Holst: I vow to thee, my country; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Francesco Sartori: Canto della terra, song; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Phantom of...
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

The classical singing sensation releases this 2005 follow up to her 2004 album "Second Nature". She follows a trail blazed before her by Sarah Brightman....continue...
Originally released in Europe in 2005 but not available in the United States until 2009, LIVING A DREAM finds light classical singer Katherine Jenkins in a somewhat pop-oriented mood. The album's sign...continue...