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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Daniel Barenboim - West-Eastern Divan OrchestraRevised Documentary & Live Recording
DVD1 - Knowledge Is The Beginning - Revised: 1 Introduction
2 1999, the beginning in Weimar
3 Buchenwaldon
4 2002, Ramallah - the message of music
5 A chance for dialogue – Seville
6 Edward Said
7 2003, Rabat, Marocco
8 2004 - the Palestine Youth Orchestra
9 The wall in our minds
10 At the Knesset – the Wolf Prize ceremony
11 Reaching for Ramallah
12 2005 – crossing the borders
13 The impossible is easier than the difficult
14 The Ramallah concert
15 Finale
16 Dedication, epilogue & credits DVD2 Ramallah Concert – Revised: Works as described above plus speeches by Nabil Shaath, Mustafa Barghouti, Mariam Said and Daniel Barenboim
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra was the brainchild of Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian-born writer Edward Said, and is a unique musical collaboration dedicated to further the cause of a peaceful co-existence in the Middle East. The DVD documents the orchestra’s August 2005 concert in the Palestinian Territory in the city of Ramallah, and includes repertoire for which Barenboim is celebrated – Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major and Elgar’s Nimrod (from Enigma Variations). The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra’s appearance at the 2005 Proms, including a performance of the Mozart, was acclaimed as played by “an orchestra on fire with passion and purpose” in The Times. Also included, a newly revised feature-length documentary Knowledge is The Beginning, filmed over a six year period, telling the story of Barenboim and Said’s friendship and their development of the orchestra, through interviews, rehearsal and concert excerpts. Extra material includes Barenboim’s controversial award of the Wolf Prize from the Israeli parliament in 2005 and footage of Edward Said. The DVD’s fascination is in witnessing musicians – possibly the only people involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict who know people ‘from the other side’ – making music together under the baton of a legendary conductor. Their playing attains to levels normally only achieved by the leading orchestras of the world – an unheralded coming together of musical and humanitarian concerns. "This DVD documents a historical landmark in the development of musical and human relations in the Middle East. It was an unforgettable evening for all who participated, listened and watched. Making this event possible, first of all, showed the great courage and dedication of each and every young musician in the orchestra regardless of their origin; courage to play with and listen to the other. In addition, it represented the result of great imagination and goodwill of many officials in all the countries involved in this vast organisational puzzle. For this I wish to thank the Junta de Andalucía for its moral and financial support, and the Spanish government for having the vision to issue diplomatic passports for all concerned, which made the impossible merely impossibly difficult.” (Daniel Barenboim) | 
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| | Rule BritanniaA Stirring Collection of British Music
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| |  | Great Organ of Messina Cathedral Volume 4Organ Transcriptions
Massimo Nosetti once again proves why he is regarded as one of the foremost musicians in his field. This sonic spectacular is played with all the technical brilliance and assured musicianship we have come to expect of him. He performs on the Great Organ of Messina Cathedral, the third largest in Europe. |
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| |  | Burana In BrassCarmina Burana & Other Delights
Washington Symphonic Brass Worth it for the cover alone! The brass sections of the National and Baltimore Symphonies make up the outstanding and highly acclaimed Washington Symphonic Brass. Top-notch arrangements stay faithful to these original orchestral favorites in coloration and character with many instrumental substitutions that surprise and delight.
The main work of the CD is Orff’s Carmina Burana, the world’s most popular choral work— after the Messiah. Carmina Burana, which adores the brass anyway, leaves the listener completely satisfied with its sophisticated voicing and heart-pumping massive sound. The arrangement of “Nimrod” from Elgar’s Enigma Variations is a noble reworking, and the versions of the march from Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and the final from Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony emerge from the ensemble’s bells in gleaming waves of sound. “Delicious . . . Who needs voices, or the rest of the orchestra, when a group of such finesse is breathing new life into familiar delicacies? Gramophone | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs “The Black Dyke Band are certainly the most successful as well as the most famous brass band of them all and to have retained their stature for 150 years against a backdrop of social change that has eaten away at the very core of their existence is a quite remarkable achievement….They are still at the very top of their game.” MusicWeb International | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Best of BritishA 2-CD Set of Stirring Music by the Best of British Composers
Various artists including Maria Kliegel, Maggini Quartet, Oxford Camerata conducted by Jeremy Summerly, Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by David Lloyd-Jones, Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge conducted by Christopher Robinson, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Chanson de MatinSir Edward Elgar - Works for Organ
Thomas Trotter (organ - Father Willis Organ of Salisbury Cathedral) “one of today’s greatest living organists.” BBC Music magazine | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Organ Spectacular from St Paul’s Cathedral
If, as the disc’s title
seems to suggest, the
organ is the star first and
foremost here, it’s apt.
The St Paul’s organ has
got guts and fire in its
belly – despite being
scheduled for a major
overhaul. But then there’s
attack and a sense of
scale to the whole of this
recital, with Huw Williams
delivering organ playing
writ large (I’m not sure,
having said that, any
organ could deliver
music writ small). - Gramophone Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Live In Ramallah
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim “When Daniel Barenboim brought his orchestra into Ramallah, it captured the imagination of the world… Barenboim’s humanitarian commitment is beyond dispute.” (The Guardian, August 2005) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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