Traditionally seen as one of Shakespeare's more romantic and enchanting plays,A Midsummer ... more
Night's Dreamhas more recently been seen as a darker and more sinister play than generations of schoolchildren have ever imagined. The play has usually been seen as a comical tale with confused identities and the fickleness of youthful love, as the young lovers, Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena escape parental control and the "sharp Athenianlaw" of their elders by eloping into the forest outside the city. Unfortunately they stumble into civil war in fairyland, where King Oberon and Queen Titania fight over possession of a beautiful young Indian "changeling" boy. The appearance of the "rude mechanicals", a group of Athenian workers, including the weaver Nick Bottom, compounds the confusion. Chaos, confusion and "shaping fantasies" reign before the final settlement of the play, but underneath all the hilarity many critics have discerned more ambivalent attitudes towards coercive parental control, bestial sexuality and the destructive power of desire. These approaches in no way detract from the exquisite lyricism of many sections of the play, but make it a more complex and effective comedy than has often been appreciated. --Jerry Brotton
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Traditionally seen as one of Shakespeare's more romantic and enchanting plays, A Midsummer ... more
Night's Dream has more recently been seen as a darker and more sinister play than generations of schoolchildren have ever imagined. The play has usually been seen as a comical tale with confused identities and the fickleness of youthful love, as the young lovers, Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena escape parental control and the "sharp Athenian law" of their elders by eloping into the forest outside the city. Unfortunately they stumble into civil war in fairyland, where King Oberon and Queen Titania fight over possession of a beautiful young Indian "changeling" boy. The appearance of the "rude mechanicals", a group of Athenian workers, including the weaver Nick Bottom, compounds the confusion. Chaos, confusion and "shaping fantasies" reign before the final settlement of the play, but underneath all the hilarity many critics have discerned more ambivalent attitudes towards coercive parental control, bestial sexuality and the destructive power of desire. These approaches in no way detract from the exquisite lyricism of many sections of the play, but make it a more complex and effective comedy than has often been appreciated. --Jerry Brotton
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iPod Classic 160 GB
iPods , the most amazing gadgets of all time. Who would have ever beleived that such a small mod con could hold so much memory and so much to explore. The family of iPod'swhich include the smaller yet impressive iPod Shuffle which runs on flash memory , the even more interesting iPod Nano which includes a video screen which holds 8 GB memory models , and it this just gets better because the next iPod in the family is the absolutely amazing iPod Classic which can even hols up to an impressive 160 GB of memory which is just unbelievable for an almost palm sized mp3 player, you just have to agree these are just so amazing. I bought my iPod from my cousin for a very good price of £150.00 , considering they are around £250 if you purchase them in a shop or online...
The penultimate iPod in the family ...
Advantages: This doesn't have room, this has aircraft hangars. Great iPod Disadvantages: Few small problems, nothing major though
Why would you want to have so much memory inside your MP3 player you might ask, well, why not? Before I purchased the 160GB iPod Classic, I owned a 256mb Goodmans MP3 player, which only held 30-40 songs. I then was given a 2GB iPod Nano for my birthday and I thought that 2GB was a lot considering I didn't really have much music on my computer at the time. But as I started downloading music and buying more CD's, I started to acquire a lot of tracks that would require a lot of space. Then I had so much, it was quite a task trying to sift out 2GB of music worthy enough to go onto my iPod. Then I started downloading U2 bootlegs at 100MB (approx.) a show and this was the final straw, I was in need of a bigger capacity MP3 player.
So, after much thought and the release of the new iPod Classics at the time I decided upon the Classic ...
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Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791); George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759); Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706); Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805); Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741); Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865 - 1936); Erik (Alfred Leslie) Satie (1866 - 1925)
Main Performer
Anthony Marwood (Violin); Nicholas McGegan (Director); Nicholas McGegan (Harpsichord); Géza Anda (Director); Géza Anda (Piano)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia Orchestra
Date of Release
09/1999
Label / Distributor
Global Television / BMG
Pieces in Set
2
Running Time
3 hours 37 minutes
Genre(s)
Stage works, Orchestral, Vocal and choral, Chamber, Instrumental
SPAR Code
DDD
EAN
5029243012729
Work 1
Work Title
Peer Gynt, Opp. 46 & 55
Excerpt(s)
1. Prelude_Morning
Composer
Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Genre
Stage works
Orchestra / Ensemble
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Work 2
Work Title
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral' in F, Op. 68
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegretto (Shepherds' Song. Happy & thankful feelings after the Storm)
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1808
Conductor
David Zinman
Orchestra / Ensemble
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Work 3
Work Title
Cantata No. 140, 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV140
Excerpt(s)
1. Chorus: Wachet auf! wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1731
Conductor
Andrew Watkinson
Orchestra / Ensemble
City of London Sinfonia Orchestra
Work 4
Work Title
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
Excerpt(s)
1. Molto allegro
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1788
Conductor
Günter Wand
Orchestra / Ensemble
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Work 5
Work Title
Water Music, HWV348-50
Excerpt(s)
1. Alla Hornpipe
Composer
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
c1715-17 rev 1736
Conductor
Nicholas McGegan
Orchestra / Ensemble
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Work 6
Work Title
Canon and Gigue in D
Excerpt(s)
1. Canon
Composer
Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
Genre
Orchestral
Conductor
Andrew Watkinson
Orchestra / Ensemble
City of London Sinfonia Orchestra
Work 7
Work Title
(6) String Quintets, G271-276 (Op. 11)
Excerpt(s)
1. Minuet
Composer
Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
Genre
Chamber
Date Written
Published 1771
Conductor
Andrew Watkinson
Orchestra / Ensemble
City of London Sinfonia Orchestra
Work 8
Work Title
(4) Orchestral Suites, BWV1066-9
Excerpt(s)
1. Air ('Air on a G String')
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
c1717-23
Conductor
Andrew Watkinson
Orchestra / Ensemble
City of London Sinfonia Orchestra
Work 9
Work Title
(12) Concerti for Violin and Strings, '(Il) cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Op. 8
Excerpt(s)
2. Allegro
Composer
Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
Published 1725
Orchestra / Ensemble
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Main Performer
Anthony Marwood (Violin), Nicholas McGegan (Director), Nicholas McGegan (Harpsichord)
Opera Part(s)
Anthony Marwood, Nicholas McGegan, Nicholas McGegan
Work 10
Work Title
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, 'Elvira Madigan' in C, K467
Excerpt(s)
1. Andante
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1785
Orchestra / Ensemble
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Main Performer
Géza Anda (Director), Géza Anda (Piano)
Opera Part(s)
Géza Anda, Géza Anda
Work 11
Work Title
(The) Seasons, Op. 67
Excerpt(s)
1. Waltz of the cornflowers and poppies
Composer
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865 - 1936)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1899
Conductor
Barry Wordsworth
Orchestra / Ensemble
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Work 12
Work Title
(3) Gymnopédies
Excerpt(s)
1. No. 1, Lent et douloureux
Composer
Erik (Alfred Leslie) Satie (1866 - 1925)
Genre
Instrumental
Date Written
1888
Main Performer
John Lenehan (Piano)
Opera Part(s)
John Lenehan
Work 13
Work Title
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A, K622
Excerpt(s)
1. Rondo (Allegro)
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1791
Conductor
Nicholas Cleobury
Orchestra / Ensemble
Britten Sinfonia Orchestra
Main Performer
Joy Farrall (Clarinet)
Opera Part(s)
Joy Farrall
Work 14
Work Title
Pavane, Op. 50
Excerpt(s)
1. Pavane, Op. 50
Composer
Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1887
Conductor
Libor Pesek
Orchestra / Ensemble
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 15
Work Title
Nocturnes
Excerpt(s)
1. No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72/1
Composer
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Genre
Instrumental
Main Performer
Steve Erquiaga (Guitar)
Opera Part(s)
Steve Erquiaga
Work 16
Work Title
Carmen
Excerpt(s)
1. Entr'acte, Act 3 (Intermezzo)
Composer
Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)
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