Chronicles Of Narnia, The (The Television Music Of Geoffrey Burgon) - Philharmonia Orchestra (The)

Advantages: All good strong performances with some absolutely glorious
Disadvantages: Some of the arias do not show the singers at their best

...it is sung in an overblown and rather silly way - that is not the case here - he is more stylish and smooth than Pavarotti and Domingo and I think he is slghtly more convincing as the Duke who after all sneaks about the place sweet-talking ladies. He has exciting highnotes as well. The sound is good in this version. Gianni Schicchi, opera O mio babbino caro Composed by Giacomo Puccini Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Ghena Dimitrova Conducted by Anton Guadagno >Maybe not the first version that I would choose for this aria. Dimitrova's voice is a little fierce compared to say Mirella Freni and Angela Gheorghiu in this music but she does have a lovely big strong instrument and as a sheer piece of singing this is good work. Just maybe doesnt sound like a young girl - needs a sweeter voice for that. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4... Read review

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Advantages: A decent collection of varied music
Disadvantages: Several 'sections' of music

...at all...! A crucial note is that the Rachmaninov ambiguously named 'Piano Concerto No.3' is not the Concerto in its entireity, or even- as I was surprised to discover- the First Movement. It is a section of the First Movement which stops rather abruptly. This is a great shame as to that point this track was one of the best interpretations I had come across. A list of the tracks, by demand: Disc: 1 1. Sunrise (Sprach Zarathustra) (Opening) 2. Montagues and Capulets - Philadelphia Orchestra 3. Vision - Richard Souther 4. Toccata & Fugue in D Minor 5. Ode to Joy (Symphony, No. 9, Choral) - Philadelphia Orchestra, Westminster Choir 6. Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity (The Planets) - The Philharmonia Orchestra 7. Mission: The Mission - Ennio Morricone 8. Fond de Temple Saint (Temple Duet) (The Pearl Fishers) 9. Heart Asks... Read review

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Advantages: Mostly pleasant listening and has some quite good ideas
Disadvantages: But when it comes to execution falters down into generic blandness

...movies that should (and do) have wonderful musical accompaniments that evoke the strange enviroments they are supposed to represent. When things don't go exactly how we expect them to, then it will cause some head scratching. And this is what Harry Gregson-Williams' score for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe made me do. The first cinematic adaptation of C.S. Lewis Narnia novels, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the story of the four Pevensie children Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan, who are forced to evacuate from wartime London in 1940 to the calmer countryside mansion of a relative of theirs, Professor Kirke. While playing hide and seek one day in the house, Lucy happens to hide inside a wardrobe and soon finds herself transported to the fantasy land of Narnia. The place is ruled by the tyrannical White... Read review

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