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Life is Beautiful - Vol. 1
Life is Beautiful - Vol. 1 (ABC Classics 476 7492)
SKU: 03430
Price:
AU $18.14


  
Label: ABC Classics Cat. No.: 476 7492 Medium: CD No. Discs: 1

Celebrate the beauty of life with this very special compilation of some of the world's best-loved classical works. This CD contains just a taste of some of the great music heard everyday on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Classic FM station. Let this beautiful music turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.

A title in the ABC Classic FM Series. See also Life is Beautiful - Vol. 2, Life is Beautiful - Vol. 3 and Life is Beautiful - Vol. 4. The first three volumes are also available as a 3-CD set.

Artists: Heather Begg (mezzo-soprano), Lyle Chan (piano), Ian Cleworth (percussion), Matthew Doyle (didgiridoo), Danny Fischer (drums), Glenys Fowles (soprano), Jim Franklin (shakuhachi), Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), Anita Hustas (double bass), Andrea Keller (piano), Brian Nixon (percussion), Tim O'Dwyer (alto saxophone), Jane Sheldon (soprano), Rixon Thomas (cor anglais), Saffire, Cantillation, Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Gondwana Voices.
Composers: Allegri, JS Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Caccini, Delibes, Dvorak, Ross Edwards, Handel, Gareth Koch, Mascagni, Massenet, Pachelbel, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Satie, Vivaldi.
Conductors: Richard Bonynge, Paul Dyer, David Measham, Christopher Nicholls, Jose Serebrier, David Stanhope, Antony Walker, Lyn Williams.
Orchestras: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Sinfonia Australis, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
Tracks:

1
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer conductor

2
ERIK SATIE (1866-1925)
Gymnopedie No. 1
Lyle Chan, piano

3
LEO DELIBES (1836-1891)
Sous le dome epais (Flower Duet) from Lakme
Glenys Fowles soprano, Heather Begg mezzo-soprano
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge conductor

4
GARETH KOCH (b. 1962)
Rumba Flamenca
Saffire - The Australian Guitar Quartet

5
JULES MASSENET (1842-1912)
Meditation from Thais
Barbara Jane Gilby violin
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
David Stanhope conductor

6
SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Virgin, Mother of God from Vespers
Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir & Orchestra
Antony Walker conductor

7
ANTONIN DVORAK (1841-1904)
Allegretto grazioso from Symphony No. 8
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier conductor

8
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Orchestra of the Antipodes
Antony Walker conductor

9
PIETRO MASCAGNI (1863-1945)
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
David Measham conductor

10 
GREGORIO ALLEGRI (1582 - 1652)
Miserere (excerpt)
Jane Sheldon soprano
Cantillation
Antony Walker conductor

11
JOHANN PACHELBEL (1653-1706)
Canon in D
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
David Stanhope conductor

12
ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Gloria in excelsis Deo from Gloria in D, RV589
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir & Orchestra
Antony Walter conductor

13
BELA BARTOK (1881-1945) (arr. Keller)
No. 126 Change of time from Mikrokosmos
Andrea Keller piano, Tim O'Dwyer alto saxophone,
Anita Hustas double bass, Danny Fischer drums

14
ROSS EDWARDS (b. 1943)
Dawn Mantras
Sydney Children's Choir, Cantillation,
Jane Sheldon soprano, Matthew Doyle didjeridu,
Jim Franklin shakuhachi, Rixon Thomas cor anglais,
Ian Cleworth & Brian Nixon percussion
Lyn Williams conductor

15
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
An die Freude (Ode to Joy) from Symphony No. 9
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs & Orchestra
Antony Walker conductor

16
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Nicholls conductor

17
GIULIO CACCINI (1551-1618) (arr. Walker)
Ave Maria
Gondwana Voices
Sinfonia Australis
Lyn Williams conductor
Medium: CD
No. of Discs: 1
SKU #: 03430
Label: ABC Classics
Catalog #: 476 7492
Price: AU $18.14      
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