Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028947669180
Format: Box set
Label: Classic FM / UCJ
Manufacturer: Classic FM / UCJ
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Classic FM / UCJ
Release Date: September 29, 2008
Running Time: 142 minutes
Studio: Classic FM / UCJ

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Disc 1:

1. Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1, HWV 258) - Choir of New College, Oxford, Matthew Halls, The Academy of Ancient Music, Edward Higginbottom
2. 1. Intermezzo (Moderato) - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
3. 3. Finale (Allegro energico) - Janine Jansen, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
4. 14. Finale: E.D.U. (Allegro - Presto) - Wiener Philharmoniker, John Eliot Gardiner
5. 6. Golliwogg's Cakewalk - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
6. 2. Allegro con grazia - Wiener Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
7. 3. Rondo (Allegro) - Jian Wang, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Muhai Tang
8. España - Rhapsody for Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker, John Eliot Gardiner
9. Trumpet Tune - Philip Jones, James Watson, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
10. 5. Rigaudon (Allegro con brio) - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
11. I was glad - anthem for the Coronation of King Edward VII (1902) - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, James Vivian, Robert Quinney, Stephen Cleobury
12. Danse des Sauvages - Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
13. Walzer - Wiener Philharmoniker, John Eliot Gardiner

Disc 2:

1. Fossiles - Pascal Rogé, Cristina Ortiz, London Sinfonietta, Charles Dutoit
2. Life On Mars - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
3. 1. (Allegro) - The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
4. 2. Allegro molto - Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
5. Danse espagnole n 1 - Jian Wang, Göran Söllscher
6. 1. Allegro - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
7. 3. Rondo (Allegro scherzando) - Mikhail Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra, Christian Gansch
8. Overture - Orchestra Filarmonica Della Scala, Riccardo Chailly
9. Pokarekare Ana - Hayley Westenra, Francois Rive, Robbie McIntosh, The Metro Voices, Te Tau Choir, Jenny O'Grady, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ian Dean
10. Csardas - Gypsy Dance - David Garrett
11. Skocná (Dance of the Comedians) - Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine
12. 1. Gloria in excelsis Deo - Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Norbert Balatsch
13. Allegro - L'istesso tempo, un poco maestoso - Animato - Maestoso - Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

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Rating: - Get the Feel Good factor

A well chosen selection of 26 mostly familiar pieces of orchestral music on 2Ds which, judging by the title and the album cover, is intended to make you feel good and smile.

I found the choices a good mix of familiar, like Handel's Zadok the Priest, Haydn's Cello Concerto No.2 and Vivaldi's Gloria, along with slightly less familiar but equally welcome pieces such as the orchestral arrangement of David Bowie's Life on Mars and Elgar's lesser played Finale from his Enigma Variations ... Read More

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