Album

Besides its oddly creepy cover art, this edition of Naxos' The Classics at the Movies series isn't much different from its brethren. Using the suspense genre as a theme, Naxos has collected orchestral music from such films as The Silence of the Lambs, Seven, Copycat, and A Clockwork Orange. The Classics series doesn't feature music written specifically for the films it highlights. Rather, it gathers pieces from renowned composers that have appeared on the screen. Here, works from Bach, Beethoven, Puccini, and Chopin appear. Highlights include the latter composer's Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop," performed by pianist Idil Biret, and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra's stirring performance of Berlioz' Rêveries—Passions from Symphonie Fantastique. In terms of its relation to the film it is used in, best might be the march from Purcell's Music on the Death of Queen Mary. Its dirge-like tones and understated yet powerful percussion were incredibly effective in the second half of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, and it's those images that the piece suggests here.

© Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

CD 1
Johann Sebastian Bach Composer Orchestral Suite No.3 in D, BWV1068 (includes 'Air on the G String') Work Capella Istropolitana Ensemble, Jaroslav Dvorak Conductor
1	2.Air ('On the G String')	5:22			$0.99
Achille-Claude Debussy Composer Préludes, Book 1, L.117 Work François-Joël Thiollier Piano
2	4.Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir	3:02			$0.99
Johann Sebastian Bach Composer Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (Clavier-Übung IV) Work Pi-Hsien Chen Piano
3	Aria	3:20			$0.99
Gabriel Fauré Composer Requiem, Op.48 Work Oxford Camerata Chamber Ensemble, Schola Cantorum of Oxford Chorus/Choir, Jeremy Summerly Conductor
4	7.In Paradisum	3:22			$0.99
Giacomo Puccini Composer Tosca (opera)...Act 2 Work Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari Conductor, Nelly Miricioiu Vocals
5	12.Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore	4:01			$0.99
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini Composer Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville; commedia)...Act 1 Work Will Humburg Conductor, Roberto Servile Vocals, Falloni Chamber Orchestra Orchestra
6	7.Largo al factotum (Figaro's cavatina)	4:40			$0.99
Gregorio Allegri Composer Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51; motet) Work Oxford Camerata Chamber Ensemble, Jeremy Summerly Conductor
7	As used in the film Face Off	10:12			$1.99
Frédéric François Chopin Composer 24 Preludes, Op.28 Work Idil Biret Piano
8	15.Sostenuto in Db ('Raindrop')	5:52			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K.620 (Singspiel)...Act 2 Work Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz Vocals, Michael Halasz Conductor, Falloni Chamber Orchestra Orchestra
9	9a.Pamina's Aria: Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden	4:20			$0.99
Ludwig van Beethoven Composer Piano Sonata No.14 in C#-, Op.27, No.2 ('Moonlight')...Piano Sonata No.14 in C#-, Op.27, No.2 ('Moonlight'; arr. soprano and orchestra) Work Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz Vocals, Michael Halasz Conductor, Falloni Chamber Orchestra Orchestra
10	1.Adagio sostenuto	5:22			$0.99
Hector Berlioz Composer Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'une artiste, Op.14 Work Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg Conductor
11	1.Rêveries. Passions	12:54			$1.99
Henry Purcell Composer March and Canzona for the Funeral of Queen Mary, for 4 trumpets, Z.860...1.March Work Oxford Camerata Chamber Ensemble, Jeremy Summerly Conductor
12	1.March (as used in the film A Clockwork Orange)	1:28			$0.99
Ludwig van Beethoven Composer Symphony No.9 in D-, Op.125 ('Choral') Work Manfred Fink Tenor, Hasmik Papian Soprano, Nicolaus Esterházy Chorus Chorus/Choir, Ruxandra Donose Mezzo-Soprano, Claudio Otelli Bass-baritone, Bela Drahos Conductor, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia Orchestra
13	4d.Alla marcia: Allegro vivace assai - 4h.Prestissimo (end)	13:41			$2.49