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Now! That's What I Call Classical is the first-ever Now! to feature classical artists and hits. Including the biggest tracks from the most popular classical artists including Luciano Pavarotti, Katherine Jenkins, Alfie Boe, The Three Tenors, Andrea Bocelli and many more.
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1. Nessun Dorma-Luciano Pavarotti 2. Strauss & Co-Andre Rieu Feat. 'The Blue Danube' 3. Recondita Armonia-Andrea Bocelli 4. The Prayer-Russell Watson 5. World In Union-Hayley Westenra 6. Una Mattina-Ludovico Einaudi 7. La Donna E Mobile-Rolando Villazon 8. Nimrod-Barry Wordsworth [Elgar] 9. The King's Speech-Alexandre Desplat 10. Sanctus-Libera 11. You Raise Me Up-Aled Jones 12. Palladio - Allegretto-Myleene Klass 13. Inspector Morse-Barrington Pheloung 14. The Flower Duet-Lesley Garrett 15. The Heart Asks Pleasure First-Michael Nyman 16. American Beauty-Thomas Newman 17. Amazing Grace-Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 18. Air On A G String-Karl Munchinger [Bach] 19. Did I Make The Most Of Loving You-Mary-Jess 20. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor-Vanessa Mae 21. Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, 18th Variation-Bella Davidovich [Rachmaninov] 22. My Heart Will Go On-Prague Philharmonia Disc Two 1. Time To Say Goodbye-Katherine Jenkins 2. Bring Him Home-Alfie Boe 3. I Dreamed A Dream-Joe Mcelderry 4. O Sole Mio-The Three Tenors 5. Memories Of The Alhambra-Milos 6. The Toreador Song-Bryn Terfel 7. The Four Seasons - Spring - Allegro-Nigel Kennedy 8. Adiemus-Karl Jenkins 9. Land Of My Fathers-The Fron Male Voice Choir 10. Annie's Song-James Galway 11. Benedictus-Hayley Westenra 12. Nella Fantasia-Russell Watson 13. Pie Jesu-The Priests 14. Now We Are Free-Lisa Gerrard 15. Explosive-Bond 16. Zadok The Priest-King's College Choir, Cambridge 17. Hallelujah-Katherine Jenkins 18. O Mio Babbino Caro-Kiri Te Kanawa 19. The Lark Ascending-Nicola Benedetti [Vaughan Williams] 20. Ave Maria-Noah 21. Jerusalem-Westminster Abbey Choir 22. Somewhere-Il Divo
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61 of 66 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Does a reasonable job of giving you popular classics, not outstanding
30 Nov 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
So you might have been as intrigued as I was when I first heard that NOW was putting together a compilation album that would take a foray into classical music, it's not really what you would call a definitive collection, it's really one that gives you a quick selection of some popular themes, a lot that's on offer is not really what might be called strictly classical, for a more representative collection the Classic Experience series is a very good choice.
The NOW albums though are about popularity and accessibility and this has a slightly awkward relationship with true classical music, but what they do have to draw on is recent reality show successes and familiarity in well known TV adverts which mean everyone and his dog knows the music in addition to film soundtracks some of which are very good pieces of music in their own right and could be described as classical, loosely these things could be defined as classical, but classical music is usually music of more depth and whilst a lot of famous pieces such as Mozart's Symphony No 40 could be described as popular it takes more of a deeper relationship with the music for the audience to get the most out of it.
I am not snobbish or elitist though and wouldn't deride this compilation just because it doesn't contain any Mozart or Tchaikovsky even though I can't escape feeling that at least a couple of pieces should be on it, if we take classical music more broadly to mean most instrumental music such as soundtrack music and operatic pieces then this compilation does a reasonable job at selecting themes that have captured the public imagination recently from films, reality TV and TV commercials to national anthems, overall it is a bit lukewarm and aimless and it could have done with including just a few absolute classics such as Mozart's Symphony No 40, it does have Strauss and The Beautiful Blue Danube however. So I'll give it 3 stars overall, there are admittedly some interesting things on these 2 CDs that weren't easily available elsewhere along with some that you feel shouldn't really have been on it.
I do think though to conclude that the compilers did have quite a challenge with this one, to deal with something so in depth as classical music and come up with an album which is to appeal to popular tastes, this does do quite well.
The NOW albums though are about popularity and accessibility and this has a slightly awkward relationship with true classical music, but what they do have to draw on is recent reality show successes and familiarity in well known TV adverts which mean everyone and his dog knows the music in addition to film soundtracks some of which are very good pieces of music in their own right and could be described as classical, loosely these things could be defined as classical, but classical music is usually music of more depth and whilst a lot of famous pieces such as Mozart's Symphony No 40 could be described as popular it takes more of a deeper relationship with the music for the audience to get the most out of it.
I am not snobbish or elitist though and wouldn't deride this compilation just because it doesn't contain any Mozart or Tchaikovsky even though I can't escape feeling that at least a couple of pieces should be on it, if we take classical music more broadly to mean most instrumental music such as soundtrack music and operatic pieces then this compilation does a reasonable job at selecting themes that have captured the public imagination recently from films, reality TV and TV commercials to national anthems, overall it is a bit lukewarm and aimless and it could have done with including just a few absolute classics such as Mozart's Symphony No 40, it does have Strauss and The Beautiful Blue Danube however. So I'll give it 3 stars overall, there are admittedly some interesting things on these 2 CDs that weren't easily available elsewhere along with some that you feel shouldn't really have been on it.
I do think though to conclude that the compilers did have quite a challenge with this one, to deal with something so in depth as classical music and come up with an album which is to appeal to popular tastes, this does do quite well.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Gemp
Format:Audio CD
Fantastic album, excellent tracks.
It was a present for my father and he hasn't stopped listening since he was given it.
Ideal for those interested in classical music and like variety.
It was a present for my father and he hasn't stopped listening since he was given it.
Ideal for those interested in classical music and like variety.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent quick service and a good price.
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Published 24 days ago by D.Whitton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fab.Music
The variety of artists & the choice of music is great
recording is very good & you get two CD's on top
recording is very good & you get two CD's on top
Published 1 month ago by C.D.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Now That's What I Call Classical
I'm not a massive fan of Classical but wanted this for my NOW collection. I was very pleased with it - not too high brow and some tracks I wouldn't even have regarded as Classical.
Published 2 months ago by Helen Wylie
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great
It was given as a present a nd the recipient looked really excited. It has a wide range of artists.
Published 2 months ago by D. Greenwood
5.0 out of 5 stars
cd
great cd gave it away as a present i would recommend it to my friends i was happy with delivery and price
Published 2 months ago by sandra williams
4.0 out of 5 stars
nice
it was a present for some one and they just loved it it was just what they realy wanted nice
Published 2 months ago by ian
3.0 out of 5 stars
classical tunes
Bought as a gift so not sure about the quality of content. The person I gave it to seems happy with it - no complaints as far as I know.
Published 3 months ago by V.C.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I REALLY LOVED THIS AUDIO CD & COMPILATION
I would have no hesitation recommending Amazon and this Audio CD to anyone. Excellent. I would have no hesitation recommending these to both family and friends. Gorgeous. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Meggie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Xmas gift
my husband loves this album, it has a really good selection of everyday classical songs by todays artists, great gift
Published 4 months ago by Hood2rush
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good
I like this type of compilation for classical music I have several others so I always buy them when they are released
Published 4 months ago by Anon
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