Tracklista: 1. A Spanish Incident (Ramón and Durango)2. Sometimes You Just Drive3. The Mallard4. Memphis in Winter5. The Prospector6. Falling from Grace7. Money Trouble8. That Time of Night
When Sergei Rachmaninov composed his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in 1934, it was after an almost complete seven-year silence – so complete that he was thought to have renounced composing. Nevertheless, the Rhapsody was finished in only seven weeks, with a speed that was possibly stimulated by Paganini’s theme itself; taken from the 24th Caprice for solo violin it had already been used by Schumann, Liszt, Brahms and Szymanowski and is ideal for variation. Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody consists of twenty-four continuous variations, of which the 18th has become so popular that it is often included separately in compilations of ‘classical favourites’. The variations fall into larger sections, forming a structure which has caused the work to be called ‘Rachmaninov’s Fifth Piano Concerto’. The soloist on the present recording is Yevgeny Sudbin, whose highly acclaimed discography includes a Rachmaninov solo recital, as well as a recording of the Fourth Piano Concerto described in BBC Music Magazine as an ‘ exhilarating, barnstorming, spine-tingling performance’. The warm reception that the Rhapsody received no doubt spurred Rachmaninov on to the composition of his Third Symphony. The work of a reluctant exile from his native Russia, its themes often have a marked Russian character, but are treated with great ambiguity. One example is the ‘motto theme’ which is heard at the very opening of the symphony, but which cannot be heard for what it really is until the finale (and then only fleetingly): a variant of the Dies iræ theme, which the composer used so often – for instance in the Rhapsody – as a symbol of mortality. With this disc, Lan Shui and his Singapore Symphony Orchestra follow up on their 2008 recording of the composer’s Symphony No.2, which impressed critics around the world, for instance on the website Klassik Heute: ‘Lan Shui allows himself to be guided by the music itself, by its arcs, meanderings, sudden impulses, melancholies and triumphs … and at the same time propels his marvellous orchestra to musical heights from which the entire panorama of this work can be perceived.’
Tracklista:1. Nocturne in E-Flat Major2. I Remember You3. Blue Velvet4. Like Someone in Love5. Deep Purple6. An Affair to Remember7. Why Don't You Believe Me8. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes9. Misty10. They Say That Falling in Love Is Wonderful11. Blue Star12. San Francisco
Tracklista:1. Black Uncle Remus2. Saw Your Name in the Paper3. School Days4. The Drinking Song5. Motel Blues6. Muse Blues7. New Paint8. Be Careful There's a Baby in the House9. Needless to Say10. Movies Are a Mother to Me11. Say That You Love Me12. Old Friend13. The Man Who Couldn't Cry
Tracklista:1. Body and Soul2. Someone to Watch Over Me3. Yesterdays4. Willow Weep for Me5. Begin the Beguine6. Love for Sale7. Jitterbug Waltz8. You Took Advantage of Me9. It's the Talk of the Town10. She's Funny That Way11. I'll Never Be the Same12. Night and Day13. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams14. Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'
Tracklista: CD 1 1. Whispering Grass 2. Swing High, Swing Low 3. We'll Meet Again 4. My Prayer 5. Yes Suh 6. When The Sun Goes Down 7. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie 8. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 9. With Plenty Of Money And You 10. I'm Making Believe (With Ella Fitzgerald) 11. Slap That Bass 12. Address Unknown 13. If I Didn't Care 14. Java Jive 15. Prisoner Of Love 16. Until The Real Thing Comes Along 17. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 18. I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire 19. Maybe 20. Cow Cow Boogie (With Ella Fitzgerald) 21. The Gypsy 22. I'll Never Smile Again 23. Memories Of You 24. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off CD 2 1. Your Feet's Too Big 2. I Cover The Waterfront 3. Stompin' At The Savoy 4. Bless You 5. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall (With Ella Fitzgerald) 6. That Cat Is High 7. You're Breaking My Heart 8. Oh! Red 9. I'll Get By 10. Christohpher Columbus 11. A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening 12. Every Night About This Time 13. When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano 14. Do I Worry 15. Just For A Thrill 16. Someone's Rockin' My Dreamboat 17. Stop Pretending 18. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me) 19. Coquette 20. Street Of Dreams 21. Keep Away From My Doorstep 22. To Each His Own 23. I'm Beginning To See The Light (With Ella Fitzgerald)
Tracklista:CD11.Happy Go Lucky 2.Chattanooga Choo Choo 3.Shoe-Shine Boy 4.You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) 5.Do-Do-Do 6.Hit The Road To Dreamland 7.East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) 8.I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter 9.I'm Coming Virginia 10.Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Means That You're Grand) 11.Lazy River 12.Dream 13.These Dangerous Years 14.Man On Fire 15.Wanderin' Eyes 16.Isn't This A Lovely Evening? 17.Kisses Sweeter Than Wine 18.Give Me The Moonlight, Give Me The Girl 19.Pity The Poor, Poor Man 20.Stealin' 21.Gotta Have Something In The Bank Frank 22.Single 23.The Green Door 24.The Garden Of Eden CD2 1.Stars In Your Eyes 2.June Night 3.I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise 4.It All Depends On You 5.Isn't This A Lovely Evening? 6.Kewpie Doll 7.Am I Wasting My Time On You 8.That's My Doll 9.No Help Wanted 10.Come Softly To Me 11.The Green Door 12.Give Me The Moonlight, Give Me The Girl 13.Happy Days & Lonely Nights 14.The Garden Of Eden 15.Medley - When You're Smiling/ Bye Bye Blackbird/Toot To 16.Let Me Sing & I'm Happy 17.Cecilia 18.On Mother Kelly's Doorstep 19.Roamin' In The Gloamin' 20.Ohio 21.Last Night On The Back Porch 22.Tip Toe Through The Tulips 23.Leaning On A Lamp Post 24.Broken Doll 25.Teasing 26.Oh You Beautiful Doll 27.I Will Come Back CD31.Warm Feeling 2.Imagination 3.I Should Care 4.Can I Forget You 5.My Favourite Dream 6.You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 7.I Had The Craziest Dream 8.You're My Everything 9.Do I Love You 10.It Could Happen To You 11.When I Fall In Love 12.It's A Pity To Say Goodnight 13.The Old Piano Roll Blues 14.My Sweetie Went Away 15.No Help Wanted 16.Look At That Girl 17.Hey Joe 18.Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 19.Cloud Lucky Seven 20.Jilted 21.My Son My Son 22.Happy Days & Lonely Nights 23.Tweedle Dee 24.That's How A Love Song Was Born 25.Something's Gotta Give CD4 1.Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? 2.Seventeen 3.Meet Me On The Corner 4.My Boy Flat Top 5.This Is The Night 6.Priscilla 7.Can't Get Along Without You 8.Kewpie Doll 9.So Many Women 10.Wonderful Things 11.Judy 12.Am I Wasting My Time On You 13.So Happy In Love 14.That's My Doll 15.Love Is The Sweetest Thing 16.Honey Bunny Baby 17.The Lady Is A Square 18.Come Softy To Me 19.Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart 20.The Heart Of A Man 21.Sometime Somewhere 22.Walkin' Tall 23.I Ain't Gonna Lead This Life No More 24.The Very Very Young
Tracklista:1. Keep On Keepin On Space Truckin'2. Podzol3. Nothing That Lives Has... Such Eyes4. Lemmy On the Beach
Tracklista:1. I. Vivo2. II. Mesto3. III. Presto4. Clarinet Quintet5. Winter Fragments the Earth6. Death Lies On Her7. The Reeling Clouds Stagger8. Frozen Still9. A Widow Bird Sate Mourning10. Silent and Soft11. Time That Knows More12. Sonnet for Orpheus13. Seven
Tracklista:1. Shake, Rattle and Roll2. Razzle Dazzle3. Skinny Minnie4. Rock Around the Clock5. Hot Dog Buddy Buddy6. See You Later, Alligator7. Two Hound Dogs8. Don't Knock the Rock9. Hook, Line and Sinker10. Mambo Rock11. Dim, Dim the Lights12. Thirteen Women13. Burn That Candle14. A Rockin' Little Tune15. Birth of the Boogie16. R-O-C-K17. Hide and Seek18. Rip It Up19. The Saints Rock 'N' Roll20. Choo-choo Ch'boogie