STACK #133 Nov 2016

Your guide to enjoying the Classics without really trying!

ALBUM OF THE MONTH

Let’s see fire The best-selling crossover act of 2014 Sol3 Mio also managed to outsell Lorde in NZ! Their sensational debut last year is followed up with their second studio album On Another Note with everything from the Pavarotti crossover hit ‘Stella’, to Harry Belafonte’s ‘Jamaica Farewell’ and, to crown it all, an EPIC version of Ed Sheeran’s ‘I See Fire’. Sol3 Mio are giving their only Australian concerts this year in Melbourne on 5 November and Sydney on 7 November – don’t miss them!

LET’S CHILL

PARK THE STRESS

AND LET GO WITH

THESE ALBUMS:

LET’S GO TO THE MOVIES

CLASSICALLY CHILLED: Forget about work, just let go and chill (as seen on SBS).

Much anticipated movies – Macbeth , just on the eve of the big Shakespeare anniversary next year, and the new Bond film Spectre complete with the instrumental version of Sam Smith’s ‘Writing’s On The Wall’. Soundtracks on Decca.

LET’S GO ITALIAN

The Latinos do the Italians… Star tenor Juan Diego Flórez spends time on the Amalfi coast and records a fantastic new album of Italian songs you know and love. It’s called Italia . Meanwhile, Rolando Villazón travels all over Italy for a beautiful new album Treasures of Bel Canto – songs you too can sing gathered round a piano. Take some lessons from Rolando!

EINAUDI: A new album for all his fans inspired by the Elements with a beautiful cover sketched by Einaudi himself. This beautiful and evocative music is sure to become the soundtrack to your summer.

LET’S GO VISIT HENRY VIII

LET’S GO CLUBBING

…and get our heads chopped off? Well, no danger of that. Everyone knows the fantastic TV series and Eloquence now releases the real music from Henry VIII’s time (did you know he was a composer

What’s happening to classical music? One of the world’s foremost classical violinists has gone clubbing and she loves it so much, she’s made a new record. From Bach to John Williams, Anne-Sophie Mutter jams with a whole host of outrageously gifted musos on The Club Album .

too?): three albums in the new CD series The Tudors . And from ABC Classics’ foremost Baroque chamber ensemble, Latitude 37 , there’s even more royalty on offer in the form of Royal Consorts .

LET’S FALL IN LOVE

LET US PRAY

Forbidden no more – recording engineers in the Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel Choir records the most beautifully relaxing and evocative choral album you’ll hear – Cantate Domino .

Grammy-Award winning Wouter Kellerman plays the flute and has collaborated with some of the top musicians in the world. From Senegal and Spain, Cuba and India,

Greece and the United States, Love Language encapsulates the myriad ways we connect on the topics of life and love.

LET’S REMEMBER

Gallipoli Symphony (DVD) is a deeply compelling new piece telling the story of the event that defined our nation – and, for the first time, it brings together music by leading composers from the three countries involved: Australia, New Zealand and Turkey. ABC filmed the world-premiere performance in the magnificent Hagia Eirene in Istanbul this year.

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