Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack

Album:  Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack.
Studio:  Universal City Studios.
Copyright:  1982.

1  The Anvil of Crom
2  Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom
3  Gift of Fury
4  Wheel of Pain
5  Atlantean Sword
6  Theology/Civilization
7  Wifeing
8  The Leaving/The Search
9  Mountain of Power Procession
10  The Tree of Woe
11  Recovery
12  The Kitchen/The Orgy
13  Funeral Pyre
14  Battle of the Mounds
15  Death of Rexor
16  Orphans of Doom/The Awakening

Overview:
Great soundtrack to an awesome movie.  Recommended.

Review of Opera Proibita

Artist:  Cecilia Bartoli.
Title:  Opera Proibita.
Recording Company:  Decca.
Copyright:  20005.

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Un pensiero nemico - Combo che fugge col vento
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa  Il Trionto del Tempo e del Disinganno
Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno - Notte funesta ... Ferma l'ali  La Resurrezione

Alessandro Scarlattti (1660-1725)
All'arme si accesi guerrierii Cantata per la Notte del SS.mo Natale
Mentre io godo in dolce oblio - Ecco negl'orti tuoi
Che dolce simpatia Il Giadino di Rose
Caldo sangue - Ahi! qual cordoglio...Doppio affetto Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme
Qui resta...L'alta Roma San Filippo Neri

Antonio Caldara (1670-1736)
Vanne pentita a piangere Il Trionfo dell'Inocenza
Sparga il senso lascivo veleno La Castita al Cimento
Si piangete pupille dolenti Santa Frascesca Romana
Ahi quanto cieca...Come foco alla sua sfera  Il Martirio di Santa Caterina

Impressions: 
This album is a screamer.  Lots of 18th century Italian music by Handel, Scarlatti, and Caldara.  I enjoyed it.  Recommended

Review of Nicola Benedetti: Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy

Artist:  Nicola Benedetti.
Album:  Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
Recording Label:  Decca.
Recording Date:  2014.

Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy
1-4  Scottish Fantasy Bruch
5     Ae Fond Kiss Burns
6     Auld Lang Syne Variations Burns
7     My Love is Like a Red Red Rose Burns
8     Hurricane Set Skinner
9     The Dean Brig o'Edinburgh Skinner/Banks Hornpipes Trad.
10   Aberlady Cunningham
11   Mouth Music and Tunes Set Trad./Cunningham/MacDonald
12   The Gentle Light That Wakes Me Cunningham
13   Coisish a Ruin (Walk My Beloved) Trad.
14   Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond Trad.

Impressions:
Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish violinist.  She won Young British Classical Musician for 2011.  I've listened to her on YouTube.com and see her perform.  Benedetti is good.  I bought her latest album, which is called Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.  BBC Radio 3 and the Scottish BBC orchestra back her up.  The various works sample different aspects of Scottish music.  I enjoyed listening to it.

Recommended for Xmas.

Review of The Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack

Album:  The Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack.
Recording Studio:  Morgan Creek Records.
Recording Date:  1992.

Soundtrack:

Main Title
Elk Hunt
The Kiss
The Glade Part II
Fort Battle
Promontory
Munro's Office/Stockade
Massacre/Canoes
Top of the World
The Courier
Cora
River Walk and Discovery
Parlay
The British Arrive
Pieces of a Story
I Will Find You

There aren't many movies about the Seven Years War or the French and Indian Wars.  The Last of the Mohicans is one of them.  Today's classical music is Hollywood soundtracks.  I enjoyed this movie when it came out in theaters.  I bought the soundtrack.  It puts me in the mood for a Seven Years War game.

Recommended.

Review of Mahler Symphony No. 1 "Titan"

Artist:  The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Album:  Mahler Symphony No. 1.  "Titan."
Recording Company:  Arch Media.
Recording Date:  1999.

Mahler Symphony No. 1. "Titan."
St. Louis Symphony with Hans Vonk.

I.  Langsam, Schleppend
II.  Kraftig Bewegt
III.  Feierlich und Gemessen, Ohne Zu Schleppen
IV.  Sturmisch Bewegt

Overview and Impressions:
The late Hans Vonk and the St. Louis Symphony did a workman like recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 1.  "Titan."  I don't listen to it often.  But I enjoy hearing it when I do.  But I'm not a big fan of Mahler.  I'd rather listen to Bruckner all day.  Or hear some Brahms.

Still, I recommend the album.

Real life gets in the way of art...

My dream of getting a double barreled Yamaha French horn will have to remain a dream for the foreseeable future.  My car was totaled last week.  I need to buy another vehicle.  So I can't afford to save for a French horn, if that's the case.  It a case of being pragmatic.  But I don't like the situation...

The Vivaldi Album by Cecilia Bartoli

Artist:  Cecilia Bartoli.
Album:  The Vivaldi Album.
Recording Company:  Decca.
Recording Date:  1999.

Dell'aura al susurrar Dorilla in Tempe
Dopo un'orrida procella Griselda
Di due rai languir costante Foa 28
Qual favellar? ... Andero, volero, gridero L'Orlando finto pazzo
Zeffiretti, che sussurrate Foa 28
Alma oppressa Dite, oime La fida ninfa
Sventurata navicella.  Sorte, chem invitasti ... Ho nel petto un cor si forte Giustino
Tra le follie ... Siam navi all'onde algenti L'Olimpiade
Gelido in ogni vena Farnace
Anch'il mar par che sommerga Bajazet
Di trombe guerriere Tenzzone

These are selections of Vivaldi's lesser know operas.  The album is worth listening to.  Recommended.