The Classics at the Movies: War

by CLASSICS AT THE MOVIES: WAR / V

Overview

Naxos' Classics at the Movies series is really only tangentially linked to the film music it presents, since the majority of each release is actually traditional classical pieces that happened to be used by certain films. For its War installment, the label has chosen music from Chopin, Mozart, and Strauss, from films like G.I. Jane, The Peacemaker, and The Devil's Own. While these films' weight in the entire history of war movies is debatable, the compositions included are performed with appropriate grace and professionalism by an assortment of symphony orchestras, soloists, and choirs. And while it's certainly one of the most recognizable classical pieces on its own, the inclusion of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" here is predictable, yet mandatory, since it's part of the defining image of Apocalypse Now, a war epic if there ever was one. (Or, it's at least more of a war epic than The Peacemaker.) ~ Johnny Loftus

Product Details

Release Date:	01/01/2002
Label:	Naxos
UPC:	0730099680820
Rank:	237306

Tracks

1. Die Walk¿¿re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b~Ride of the Valkyries  - Ron Hoares  - Lars Johansson  - Uwe Mund  -  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
2. Adagio and Fugue for string quartet (or string orchestra) in C minor, K. 546  -  Eder Quartet  - Ron Hoares  - Lars Johansson  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. Gianni Schicchi, opera~O mio babbino caro  - Ron Hoares  - Will Humburg  - Lars Johansson  - Luba Orgonasova  -  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
4. Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11  - Samuel Barber  -  Capella Istropolitana  - Ron Hoares  - Lars Johansson
5. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, CT. 202~Funeral March  - Idil Biret  - Frederic Chopin  - Ron Hoares  - Lars Johansson
6. Cavatina (from "The Deer Hunter")  - Ron Hoares  - Lars Johansson  - Norbert Kraft  - Stanley Myers
7. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48~In paradisum  - Ron Hoares  - Lars Johansson  -  Oxford Camerata  -  Schola Cantorum Of Saint Peter's In The Loop  -  Schola Cantorum of Oxford  - Jeremy Summerly
8. Fr¿¿hlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 410 (RV 410)  - Ron Hoares  - Lars Johansson  - Ondrej Lenard  -  Strauss Festival Orchestra
9. Work(s)~Nocturne No. 15  - Idil Biret  - Frederic Chopin  - Ron Hoares  - Lars Johansson
10. Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618  -  Camerata Cassovia  - Ron Hoares  - Lars Johansson  -  Kosice Teacher's Choir  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  - Johannes Wildner
11. Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni)  - Tomaso Albinoni  -  Capella Istropolitana  - Richard Edlinger  - Ron Hoares  - Lars Johansson

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jeremy Summerly   Primary Artist,Conductor
Luba Orgonasova   Primary Artist,Vocals
Will Humburg   Primary Artist,Conductor
Uwe Mund   Primary Artist,Conductor
Schola Cantorum of Saint Peter's in the Loop   Primary Artist
Johannes Wildner   Primary Artist,Conductor
Idil Biret   Primary Artist,Piano
Norbert Kraft   Primary Artist,Guitar
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Kosice Teacher's Choir   Choir/Chorus
Schola Cantorum of Oxford   Choir/Chorus
Strauss Festival Orchestra   Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard   Conductor
Eder Quartet   Ensemble
Richard Edlinger   Conductor
Capella Istropolitana   Ensemble
Oxford Camerata   Ensemble
Camerata Cassovia   Ensemble

Technical Credits

Ron Hoares   Design
Lars Johansson   Series Editor,Series Editor
Vivian Chapman   Cover Photo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Composer
Tomaso Albinoni   Composer
Frederic Chopin   Composer
Samuel Barber   Composer
Gary Chapman   Cover Photo
Stanley Myers   Composer