Classic FM Music for Studying

Advantages: Great songs - wonderful, popular tunes
Disadvantages: A few songs aren't as good as the others

...I recently bought this CD from amazon, costing £4.97 (which I thought wasn't too bad a price for a CD of anout 75 minutes of good, popular classical music), because I thought it would be nice to have to listen to when I'm learning to drive in a few months time. When the CD arrived I put it on the shelf, intending to keep it until I'm learning to drive but the attractive cover was too attractive and so I just had to listen to it - and I'm glad I did. The CD is really good, with some absolutely wonderful songs like Gabriel's Oboe and Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (18th movement), played by famous orchestras like the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra etc. Tracks include: 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - first movement (07:12) This famous piece of music is played by the North German Radio Symphony... Read review

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Advantages: enjoyable
Disadvantages: nothing new

...This is a gorgeously packaged 3 disc set called 'Classic fm at the Movies. It looks wonderful, from the digi-pack cover and slick black iconic silhouettes adorning each side. A look at the track-listing shows that there are some enjoyable tracks here Star Wars, The Mission, The English Patient, Witness, Out of Africa these are all classic, no pun intended, tracks. A few titles jumped out though, titles that I felt were worthy additions to a compilation album; titles like Stage Beauty, Arsène Lupin and Rachel Portman's Oliver Twist. Some thought has clearly been put into this, making it a good collection of very fine film music. Although some track such as gladiator (suite) are poor imitations. However it is a decent introduction, to the novice, for decent classical music. Disc: 1 1. Superman 2. Back To The Future 3... Read review

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Advantages: Soothes your Child instantly
Disadvantages: It could send you to sleep as well!

...Classic Fm for Babies is a must have if you have that child who just refuses to go to sleep.With a running time on each CD more than enough for your child to fall asleep.Classical Music just became Cool Again and is a must have music for babies.If you dont know your Brahms from your Beethoven then who cares because your child doesn't.The soothing orchestral music will calm any child who just wont go sleep put the CD on shut the door and see them in the morning GREAT! .The Double CD is great value as well with 27 tracks with all the well known composers on it Mozart,Chopin and Schubert to name just a few.My daughter who is now 2 listens to it every night and i have had very few sleepless nights.... Read review

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