- Original Release Date: 1 April 2012
- Label: NMC
- Copyright: 2012 NMC Recordings
- Total Length: 31:18
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- ASIN: B007GN6W06
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 8,323 in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 in MP3 Albums)
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | ||
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| Play | 1. Rise Up, My Love: I Rise Up, My Love | Exaudi / James Weeks, Director | 3:39 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 2. The Tocher (Rossini Suite): I Allegro brillante | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor | 1:53 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 3. El Rey de Francia | The Schubert Ensemble | 1:38 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 4. After the Rain: Chorale | City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox, conductor | 3:04 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 5. American Rounds: I | The Schubert Ensemble | 2:44 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 6. Cartoon Music | Decibel | 7:24 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 7. Severn Bridge Variations: Malcolm Arnold | BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jac van Steen, conductor | 1:39 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 8. Jonathan Harvey: Ah! Sun-flower | Claire Booth, soprano / Huw Watkins, piano | 1:56 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 9. Midnight Sun | Philip Mead, Piano | 2:44 | £0.79 | |
| Play | 10. Tansy Davies: Inside Out | [rout] | 4:37 | £0.79 |
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By C. Gadsby
Format:MP3 Download|Amazon Verified Purchase
Whilst some of this music is not to my taste, I appreciate the opportunity to download the sampler for free. I have now started to investigate the composers and find out more about their music and that is surely partly what a sampler is about. Hence the 4 stars.
I am not sure whether all the pieces can really be described as contemporary though - if that was the intention (a proper description is not really given as far as I can see). For example Track 2 is an arrangement by Benjamin Britten of a piece by Rossini and which Britten originally used as part of the soundtrack for a film called 'The Tocher'. This was in 1938 so hardly contemporary. It is a fun piece though and worth a listen - it later became part of the suite Britten called 'Soirées Musicales'.
I didn't know the Malcolm Arnold 'Severn Bridge Variations' (track 7) but guessed this was also rather unlikely to be contemporary. It turns out to be one of a series of variations written as a collaborative venture by Arnold, Alun Hoddinott, Nicholas Maw, Daniel Jones, Grace Williams and Michael Tippett and written in 1966 according to Wikipedia. I found the 1 min 39 secs track a bit frustrating, being so short - but perhaps that will encourage me to listen to the whole work!
'American Rounds' by Martin Butler was written in 1998 and commissioned by the Schubert Ensemble and I found it quite appealing and will try to hear more of this piece - I found information about it on the OUP music website if anyone else is interested.
I shall spend some time looking into the other pieces/composers I am unfamiliar with but I wonder how many people will bother to do this.... Read more ›
I am not sure whether all the pieces can really be described as contemporary though - if that was the intention (a proper description is not really given as far as I can see). For example Track 2 is an arrangement by Benjamin Britten of a piece by Rossini and which Britten originally used as part of the soundtrack for a film called 'The Tocher'. This was in 1938 so hardly contemporary. It is a fun piece though and worth a listen - it later became part of the suite Britten called 'Soirées Musicales'.
I didn't know the Malcolm Arnold 'Severn Bridge Variations' (track 7) but guessed this was also rather unlikely to be contemporary. It turns out to be one of a series of variations written as a collaborative venture by Arnold, Alun Hoddinott, Nicholas Maw, Daniel Jones, Grace Williams and Michael Tippett and written in 1966 according to Wikipedia. I found the 1 min 39 secs track a bit frustrating, being so short - but perhaps that will encourage me to listen to the whole work!
'American Rounds' by Martin Butler was written in 1998 and commissioned by the Schubert Ensemble and I found it quite appealing and will try to hear more of this piece - I found information about it on the OUP music website if anyone else is interested.
I shall spend some time looking into the other pieces/composers I am unfamiliar with but I wonder how many people will bother to do this.... Read more ›
By Tizer_0189
Format:MP3 Download|Amazon Verified Purchase
Easy listening - I only chose it as it was free, but I enjoyed it.
It isn't what I usually listen to, but worth a freebie!
It isn't what I usually listen to, but worth a freebie!
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There's obviously something going on here... why £7.49 if it should be free? Is there a secret password to be used or a discount code?
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By sadie
Format:MP3 Download
This is a fantastic contemporary classical album! I specially enjoyed 'After the Rain: Chorale'.
Will definitely check out the rest of the label's releases, thanks
Will definitely check out the rest of the label's releases, thanks
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:MP3 Download|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm just glad it was free. It is so varied in content that each track has little relationshhip with any of the others, and therefore offers a most disjointed assembly of tracks.
6 of 42 people found the following review helpful
By L. Koprivica
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I will never get how is that my money is wors than others! I am buying from Amazon on monthly basis, regularly for several years... but any discount or free item is not available to me!
BS!!! Shame on Amazon & vendor and whoever...
BS!!! Shame on Amazon & vendor and whoever...
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