Live in Prague

On this CD:

1. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Act I: Largo al factorum
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Ivan Kusnjer
Conducted by Jan Stych

2. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Act I: Una voce poco fa
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Dagmar Peckova
Conducted by Jan Stych

3. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Act I: Dunque io son tu non m'inganni
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Ivan Kusnjer, Dagmar Peckova
Conducted by Jan Stych

4. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Act II: Voi che sapete
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Dagmar Peckova
Conducted by Jan Stych

5. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Act I: la ci darem la mano
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Ivan Kusnjer, Dagmar Peckova
Conducted by Jan Stych

6. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Act I: Fin ch'han dal vino
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Ivan Kusnjer
Conducted by Jan Stych

7. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 Act II: Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena! Pa-Pa-Pa-Papageno!
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Ivan Kusnjer, Dagmar Peckova
Conducted by Jan Stych

8. Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68 Act II: Ja vas ljublju
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Ivan Kusnjer
Conducted by Jan Stych

9. Maid of Orléans, The (Jeanne d'Arc), opera in 4 acts Act I: Da cas nastal
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Dagmar Peckova
Conducted by Jan Stych

10. Certova stena (The Devil's Wall), opera, JB 1:122 Act I: Jen jedina
Composed by Bedrich Smetana
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Ivan Kusnjer
Conducted by Jan Stych

11. La favorita, opera Act III: L'ai je bien entendu...O mon Fernaud
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Dagmar Peckova
Conducted by Jan Stych

12. Hérodiade, opera Ce breuvage
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Ivan Kusnjer
Conducted by Jan Stych

13. Damnation de Faust, La, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24) Act V: D'amour l'ardente flamme
Composed by Hector Berlioz
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Dagmar Peckova
Conducted by Jan Stych

14. Mignon, opera in 3 acts Act I: Legeres hirondelles
Composed by Ambroise Thomas
Performed by Prague National Theatre Orchestra with Ivan Kusnjer, Dagmar Peckova
Conducted by Jan Stych

Tracks:

Zulu
From Russia With Love
From Russia With Love - 007
Goldfinger
The Ipcress File
The Knack
Mister Moses
Thunderball
The Wrong Box
Born Free
The Quiller Memorandum
You Only Live Twice
The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair
Deadfall

Tracks:

The Lion In Winter
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
The Appointment
The Last Valley
Walkabout
Monte Walsh
Diamonds Are Forever
The Persuaders
Mary Queen Of Scots
The Man With The Golden Gun
The Dove

Tracks:

The Tamarind Seed
King Kong
Eleanor And Franklin
Robin And Marian
The Deep
Hanover Street
The Black Hole
Moonraker
Somewhere In Time
Raise The Titanic
Body Heat
Frances
Octopussy
The Cotton Club

Tracks:

High Road To China
A View To A Kill
Out Of Africa
The Living Daylights
Dances With Wolves
Dances With Wolves
Chaplin
Moviola
Indecent Proposal
The Specialist
The Scarlet Letter
Cry The Beloved Country
Mercury Rising
The James Bond Theme

Customer Reviews:

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!.......2006-11-09

Granted, they only need it for one composition (the last one, "The James Bond Theme") but still, without the guitar it's just not the same. Barry didn't compose this one so I suppose it was a bonus and I shouldn't complain, really. The rest of the music on all the CDs is fantastic. Some of the stuff I had heard before without realizing who had composed it. Very enjoyable, to say the least.

Persuaders Theme!.......2006-03-02

Buy it for the Persuaders theme, probably the best TV theme song ever written.

A Variety Of Classics!.......2005-12-06

John Barry has been composing film scores for over forty years and this is only scratching the surface of his productions. Never mind that the entire set is recorded by the Prague Philharmonic; it's pure to Barry's themes. While John Williams compositions ("Star Wars", etc.) are wild and flamboyant and Jerry Goldsmith's (Hoosier's, etc.) are mood pieces, John Barry crosses over all barriers and is amazingly diverse. Barry has recorded most of the exciting James Bond themes, melodramatic classics like "The Lion In Winter' and moody theme hits like "Midnight Cowboy". He also tugs at the heartstrings with compositions from, "Somewhere In Time", "Frances" and "Out Of Africa". He varies his themes for all types of films and few composers capture it so well.

There is over four hours of music in this set with a colorful and informative booklet.

Incredible Barry Collection.......2004-03-11

Any fan of movies will absolutley love this collection. Being a movie buff I couldn't wait to get this boxed set. Knowing Barry from all the James Bond movies, I did not realize his involvement with so many others. The orchestra is magnificent in all these themes. I'm listening to "High Road to China" right now and I'm drifting in the clouds in a Tiger Moth with Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong. If you are familiar with a movie it will definitely have you seeing it again, if not the scores are still beautiful. Any fan of classical music will be pleased as well. Travellers will defintitely enjoy it for a long drive. I know from when I use to travel that music like this made the miles float by faster. I highly recommend these four CDs even if you just know a handful of the songs.

" one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry".......2001-07-06

This collection of four compact discs...are worth their weight in GOLD! Barry creates visual moods for each film he scores...romantic, sentimental, action, adventure, suspense and mystery...the list could go on. Strings, brass and lush-velvet arrangements overlay each cue in his distinctive style of legendary scoring...we have ~ "John Barry:The Collection", Silva Screen's release traces 40 years of film music, featuring "The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra" ~ conducted by Mr. Nic Raine (outstanding)..."Crouch End Festival Chorus" ~ David Temple, Choir Master...perform 56 selections, over four hours of symphonic suites with a full orchestra sound...all individually wrapped-up into one neat package...just the way "film-score-buffs" like 'em!

Must ask the following to take a bow ~ James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), always in their pitching, Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Nic Raine (conductor, arranger, orchestrator & associate producer), a tremen!dous asset to every project he undertakes...and the man who made it all possible...a legendary icon always leading the way in film scoring ~ JOHN BARRY!

Total Time: 258:76 on 56 Tracks ~ SSD-1128 ~ (2001)

You might try other albums from Silva Screen, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Essential James Bond" (SSD-1034)..."Bond:Back In Action" (SSD-1100)..."Bond:Back In Action 2" (SSD-1119)..."Zulu" (SSD-1095)..."Raise The Titanic" (SSD-1102)..."Walkabout" (SSD-1120)...check out my reviews on amazon.com/music.

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Ivan Moravec: Live in Prague

Manufacturer: Hanssler Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Mazurkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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Chopin: Sonata in B-flat minor, Berceuse, etc.
Ivan Moravec Plays Debussy & Chopin
Ivan Moravec Plays Beethoven
Chopin: Nocturnes
Moravec Plays Schumann & Franck

ASIN: B00005Y4NP
Release Date: 2002-01-25

Tracks:

I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo e sostenuto
III. Finale. Presto ma non troppo
I. Premonition- Con moto
II. Death-Adagio
I. Andante
II. Molto agitato
III. Andantino
IV. Presto
No.17: A flat Major- Allegretto
No.18: F minor - Molto allegro
No.19: E flat Major - Vivace
No.20: C minor - Largo
No.21: B flat Major - Cantabile
No.22: G minor - Molto agitato
No.23: F Major - Moderato
No.24: D minor - Allegro appassionata
Ondine
Mazurka in C sharp minor
Mazurka in A minor

Amazon.com

Moravec's recordings are too few and far between, so this disc of his live recital at the 2000 Prague Spring Festival is an important release, especially since the great pianist had not previously recorded the Haydn and Janácek works. They are wonderfully done. Moravec wrings all the humor and simple beauty from the Haydn Sonata, and the moving Janácek Sonata, a two-movement work depicting the tragic outcome of a 1905 protest demonstration, gets a wrenching interpretation that's the best on CD. Moravec has always been considered a master Chopin pianist, and his selections here are impeccably played, with a spontaneity and subtle rubato that rival his treasured studio recordings. The closing item, a color-drenched Debussy Ondine, is on the same extraordinary level. Anyone even remotely interested in hearing outstanding pianism should get this; Moravec's fans will already have snapped it up. --Dan Davis

Album Description

Ivan Moravec is simply one of the great pianists alive today. His reputation rests on superlative performances and recordings of a repertoire in which he really is supreme: Debussy, Chopin, Brahms, and Mozart. This latest recording of Moravec features a finely balanced program including works of his countryman, Leos Janáĉek. No music-lover will want to be without this recording, destined to become a classic.

Live in Prague - Music of Smetana, Korte & Suk

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Live in Prague - Music of Smetana, Korte & Suk
Ivan Moravec
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000E0FO
Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Spectacular!

Martin Kasík: Live from Prague

Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000058T7Y
Release Date: 2001-01-30

Tracks:

Kreisleriana, Op.16: I. Auberst Bewegt
Kreisleriana, Op.16: II. Sehr Inning Und Nicht Zu Rasch. Intermezzo I, II
Kreisleriana, Op.16: III. Sehr Aufgeregt
Kreisleriana, Op.16: IV. Sehr Langsam
Kreisleriana, Op.16: V. Sehr Lebhaft
Kreisleriana, Op.16: VI. Sehr Langsam
Kreisleriana, Op.16: VII. Sehr Rasch
Kreisleriana, Op.16: VII. Schnell Und Spielend
Son, No.2, Op.36: Allegro Agitato
Son, No.2, Op.36: Non Allegro/Attacca Subito
Son, No.2, Op.36: L'istesso Tempo. Allegro Molto
Prld No.1, Op.23: Largo
Prld No.2, Op.23: Maestoso

Customer Reviews:

Spectacular!.......2003-11-09

I had a the unique chance of hearing Martin Kasik live in Charleston, SC, when he played for the prestigious "International Piano Series". After having met him, Martin kindly gave me this cd as a gift. After the concert experience AND after hearing this CD, I hail this man as one of the very rare successors to the Pianists of the Golden Age of the piano. His technique, is tremendously perfect; his speed is prodigious, but even more amazing and dazzling is his touch. Music flows like velvet under his hands, and every phrase is gracefully , elegantly connected to the next one. I have never heard such a graceful, effortless flowing of notes, and I expect, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that this Pianist will ascend rapidly and be placed amongst the very great. If you like Schumann and Rachmaninov, this disc will dazzle you. Schumann is pure passion, delicate, flowing, yet strong. Rachmaninoff is spectacularly coloured, transcendental, and reaches peaks of expression that are (and this is an understatement) brilliant and grandiose. The n.2 Prelude on this disk has a feeling that can only be described as "superhuman". Truly a spectacular record to own. Magnificent, brilliant and superbly played.

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almost the perfect James Bond collection
Good Collection
Not excatly what I expected
The James Bond CD for the John Barry purist?
Very enjoyable with most of the BOND music you'd want.

James Bond Collection

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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You Only Live Twice
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Thunderball

ASIN: B00006JTGH
Release Date: 2002-10-22

Tracks:

Dr. No: The James Bond Theme (Original Version)
Dr. No: Suite
From Russia With Love: From Russia With Love (Film Version)
From Russia With Love: The Zagreb Express
From Russia With Love: The Golden Horn
From Russia With Love: Girl Trouble
From Russia With Love: 007 Takes The Lektor
From Russia With Love: From Russia With Love (Symphonic Version)
Goldfinger: Into Miami/Alpine Drive
Goldfinger: Dawn Raid At Fort Knox
Goldfinger: Goldfinger
Thunderball: Thunderball
Thunderball: The Bomb/Cafe Martinique
Thunderball: Fight On The Disco Volante/Death Of Largo

Tracks:

You Only Live Twice: Bond's Funeral/Mountains And Sunsets
You Only Live Twice: The Wedding/Capsule In Space
You Only Live Twice: You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: This Never Happened To The Other Fella'
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: We Have All The Time In The World
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: Bond Meets The Girls
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: The Ski Chase
Diamonds Are Forever: Mr. Wint And Mr. Kidd
Diamonds Are Forever: Circus, Circus
Diamonds Are Forever: Blofeld's Laser
Diamonds Are Forever: Diamonds Are Forever
Live And Let Die: Live And Let Die

Tracks:

The Man With The Golden Gun: The Man With The Golden Gun
The Man With The Golden Gun: Kung Fu Fight/Let's Go Get 'Em
The Man With The Golden Gun: Chew Me In Grisly Land/Return To Scaramanga's Fun House
The Man With The Golden Gun: Slow Boat From China/Nick Nack
The Spy Who Loved Me: Nobody Does It Better
The Spy Who Loved Me: The Tanker
The Spy Who Loved Me: Ride To Atlantis
Moonraker: Arrival At Chateau Drax/Freefall
Moonraker: Miss Goodhead Meets Bond
Moonraker: Flight Into Space
Moonraker: Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only: For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy: Suite: Bond Meets Octopussy/The Palace Fight
Octopussy: All Time High

Tracks:

A View To A Kill: Wine With Stacy/Fanfare/Snow Job
The Living Daylights: Koskov Escapes/Hercules Take Off
The Living Daylights: Mujahadin/Afghanistan Plan
The Living Daylights: Air Bond/Necros Attack
The Living Daylights: End Title
Licence To Kill: Suite
Goldeneye: Goldeneye
Goldeneye: Tank Drive Around St. Petersburg
Tomorrow Never Dies: Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies: Surrender
The World Is Not Enough: Ice Bandits
The World Is Not Enough: Access Denied
The World Is Not Enough: The World Is Not Enough
The James Bond Theme (Symphonic Version)

Amazon.com

The exploits of Ian Fleming's British super-agent James Bond have long since become the longest running film series in history, spanning 40 years and counting. Not the least of the cycle's charm has been its music, a body of work that encompasses pop clichés (the twangy guitar of Monty Norman's original "James Bond Theme") and elegant underscores alike. While this collection spans music from Dr. No to The World Is Not Enough, decades of various legal entanglements prevented it from becoming the ultimate Bond music anthology. This is more a credible simulation, a newly recorded collection of cues and suites (including music previously unreleased on the original soundtracks) performed by Nic Raine and the City of Prague Symphony Orchestra. With John Barry's lush, ever-evocative scores both forming the core and setting the tone (but also featuring the work of George Martin, David Arnold, Michael Kamen, Bill Conti, and Eric Serra), it's the most comprehensive--if not exactly authentic--collection of Bond music yet attempted. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

almost the perfect James Bond collection.......2005-07-20

this 4 CD box has most of the familiar James Bond compositions.

Still,some tunes are missing(from for instance Thunderball and For Your Eyes Only)and most of the time the attention is on the instrumental version of the title track which is a bit of a shame.And yet,there are too many great pieces on this collection to make it a failure.Alpine Drive,Dawn Raid at Fort Knox,On Her Majesty's Secret Service(every track),Miss Goodhead and so on.All great pieces that not only show the great talent of John Barry but also the great power of James Bond films.Cause when you hear the music,you see the scenes in front of you.

Very much a recommendation to all Bond and Barry fans although sometimes it focusses too much on title songs.The only solution is to buy all separate soundtracks.

Good Collection.......2005-02-24

Very nice packaging and good tracks from the Bond music library make this an anoutstanding item. "From Russia With Love" and "Diamonds Are Forever" contain beautiful and energetic renditions. The John Barry music is handled quite well. I didn't real care for the David Arnold selections. "The World Is Not Enough" was weak. Overall it is a good collection just the same.

Not excatly what I expected.......2003-04-10

I when I read some of the reviews of this I thought that this was a complete collection of all the originals of the Theme songs of every James Bond movie and remakes done by the Prague Philharmonic of some of the other songs in the various movies. After recieveing this ... I started to listen to it and found out that it was all done by the orchestra. The are very good, but to a point it is not the same thing as owning a disc will all the orignal songs on it. Overall, this good if all the you want is the orchestral versions of most of the songs in the movies or the suites out of some of the movies. To a point these don't compare to the orignals. Keep looking if you want a set with all the orignals songs in it.

The James Bond CD for the John Barry purist?.......2003-01-28

Let's cut to the chase. Nic Raine and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra do John Barry's work justice. 90% of this collection is as close as you can get to the original James Bond soundtracks. The other 10% lends itself to some artistic license with respect to the arrangements. Most notable is the main theme to Goldfinger. Also Nic slips in a few previously unreleased tracks. You will find these on the On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Golden Eye tracks. This CD boxed set is definitely made for the Bond soundtrack fan. The die hard John Barry "purist"/ traditionalist may find some of these tracks questionable at first, but after a few times Nic Raine's artistic license gives a fresh perspective to the familiar Bond/ Barry themes. The only reservation I have with this CD set is with some of selections that are performed. For instance, from Goldfinger, "Dawn Raid At Fort Knox" was a poor selection considering the selection available on that particular soundtrack. The most famous 007 soundtrack of all I dare say. Overall Nic hits the mark, and this CD set is a tribute to Barry's (as well as, George Martin's, Marvin Hamlish's, and Bill Conti's and David Arnold's) work. It's all here in one collection. I am a die-hard Bond soundtrack fan, and to the casual soundtrack fan I say this CD is set all you need to experience the Bond music legacy. To those who are hard core 007 soundtrack fans ...this is a FANTASTIC "addition" to your collection. This has to be the BEST (and probably the only) 007 "soundtrack" compilation. Whereas all the others feature the "main themes" from the Bond films as originally recorded, this one truly gives you the Bond experience.

Very enjoyable with most of the BOND music you'd want........2002-12-08

This is similar but more comprehensive than another BOND collection on one CD by the City of Prague Philharmonic. These are good renditions but clearly not the orginals. I must ask if the Prague Philharmonic does not own a harp? It is glaringly missing in the Goldfinger themes and i am sure on others. That harp is an exciting and beautiful touch to the wonderful GOLDFINGER theme and its absents is unfortuneatly very noticeable. Also some of the other themes can even sound muzaky if thats a word(elevator music)
It gets 3 solid stars good collection yet defineatly something is lacking.

Prague Spring Collection (live recording 1966) - Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219/ Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488

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Prague Spring Collection (live recording 1966) - Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219/ Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) , Julius Katchen (piano) , and Prague Symphony Orchestra
Manufacturer: Multisonic Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Live in Akropolis Prague
Peter Lipa
Manufacturer: Indies Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000EULSKM
Release Date: 2006-03-07

Tracks:

Mt
I Saw Her Standing There
Dobrkutky
Raz do t
Dom kutil
Caracas
ivot ma neraz prehol cez koleno
I Wanna Be Your Man
Alright, Okay, You Win
M
Balada o tyroch ko
Prosperita
Maturantky

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Peckova and Kusnjer Live in Prague

Manufacturer: supraphon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000OZSQZ2

Product Description

ROSSINI-il barbiere di seviglia MOZART-le nozze di figaro kv492,don giovanni kv527,die zauberflote kv620 TCHAIKOVSKY-PIKOVAYA DAMA OP.68,ORLEANSKAJA DEVA SMENTANA-certova stena DONIZETTI-la favorita MASSENET-herodiade BERLIOZ-la damnation de faust op.24 THOMAS-MIGNON