Advantages: A good introduction to sacred music Disadvantages: A rather niche album on which those into the genre will find nothing new
cheaper discs. I've always found Naxos to be reliable and, indeed, some of my favourite versions of classical pieces can be found on this label. One thing to note, if you're not overly familiar with classical music, is that the recording can make all the difference. The variation in interpretation of the musical score can be as varied as thinking of all the cover-versions of popular songs - no two are ever the same.
Requiem is subtitled "music for Reflection and Meditation". It takes various well known settings of the requiem mass, together with a couple of other fitting pieces and puts them together in one place. If one is so minded, one should note that this album is NOT a requiem mass. The pieces don't follow in the right order but, having said that, to the knowledgeable, the whole album stands on its own as a good religious set ...
Advantages: Plenty of Quality Tracks for your Money. Familar famous tracks alongside superb less known tracks. Disadvantages: Not really for those with short attention spans. Mixing between songs can be lengthy.
Classic Euphoria. Branded mysteriously as a seemingly independant compilation, this album hit the shops in the summer of 2006. While it's cover would let you think otherwise, Classic Euphoria and indeed it's sequels are by the Ministry of Sound, and call upon its vast collection of music rights to some of the most famous trance tracks in the last decade
Basic Details
Tracks: 47
Approx total runtime: 188 minutes
Featured DJs: Variety of Artists
Label: Ministry of Sound
Other Titles in the Series: Classic Euphoria Level 2, Hardcore Euphoria.
Sub-genre: Trance, Electronic
What is Trance?
There isn't a single genre as subdivided as dance music. Trance, house, acid, hardcore, breakbeat, gabber. What do they mean?
Well don't worry. By 'trance', the music industry is not saying 'music only a drugged up raver ...
Advantages: Good background listening Disadvantages: Odd mixture of music on the Uplifting disc
I will say from the start that I am certainly no expert on classical music. I do often have Classic FM on the radio at home and recently bought their 2 CD set, Voices 2008. This is a compilation containing a selection of vocal pieces from the worlds of choral music and opera. There are pieces in this collection which you would immediately recognise on hearing them, even if their names are not familiar. In the set is a CD of relaxing pieces and a CD of uplifting pieces, so you have the choice of which best suits your mood. The notes which accompany the set are very brief, so here I am adding my own impressions along with information I have found from other sources.
Track Listing
Relaxing CD
1 Elgar - 'Lux Aeterna'. This is a vocal arrangement of the piece titled Nimrod from the Enigma Variations. Elgar wrote ...
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