Recordings
The following recordings are available for purchase at the Encore Giftshop in the foyer of the Perth Concert Hall at all WASO concerts. Many are also available through the ABC Shop or other retailers as indicated.
The following albums feature WASO exclusively.
Just Classics 2: The Gold Collection, featuring WASO, Sara MacLiver and Fiona Campbell
Following the success of the first Just Classics CD release, ABC Classics has again brought together fine Australian talent to record this brand-new collection of delightful music to soothe, inspire and intrigue! Alongside traditional classical favourites, there is a delicious sprinkling of rarities - musical gems which never fail to attract listener enquiries: 'What is that lovely piece?'
Available at ABC Shops $29.95
Mozart Horn Concertos
Lin Jiang is recognised as the finest Australian horn player of the new generation, and his exceptional skill is reflected on this outstanding new CD. Featuring all Mozart's glorious horn concertos, this album is conducted by Lin's mentor, the legendary Barry Tuckwell AC OBE, with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Working with Barry on his debut album was the icing on the cake for Lin, who said: "I can't think of anything more perfect than being conducted by Barry on my first CD with some of the best horn repertoire ever written. Barry's generosity and musical mentorship has always inspired me to extend myself even further."
Available at ABC Shops $4.99
Transcendent Love - The Passions of Wagner and Strauss
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Making her debut with ABC Classics is superstar soprano Lisa Gasteen. This CD contains some of the most ardent songs of love and desire ever composed by the great Romantics Wagner and Strauss, as well as instrumental interludes, including Strauss' elegiac masterpiece, Metamorphosen and Wagner's perennial favourite, the Prelude to Tristan and Isolde.
Acknowledged as the finest Australian dramatic soprano of her generation, Gasteen is in her element in these stirring music dramas. With acclaimed conductor Simone Young at the helm of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, this Wagner and Strauss is a state-of-the-art aural extravaganza - and destined to become a classic.
Available at ABC Shops $4.99
Kate Ceberano
In November of 2005, Kate Ceberano performed 2 concerts at the Perth Concert Hall with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Armed with the orchestrations of conductor Sean O'Boyle, Kate performed an eclectic collection of songs. This amazing album Kate Ceberano Live features a tasteful melding of Kate's own works, with some beautifully caressed covers including Unchained Melody, The Drugs Don't Work, and a haunting interpretation of the Joe Cocker classic Song for You. A talent like Kate Ceberano's does not come along every day, and the marriage of her enchantment with the purest of our nation's musical talent is a union not to be missed, and long to be remembered.
Available at the Encore Giftshop in the foyer the Perth Concert Hall at all concerts.
Augie March
In February 2007 Australian band Augie March performed two special concerts with WASO at Kings Park. The nights were a tremendous success, and were recorded and broadcast nationally by Triple J radio.
The setlist included tracks from the band's three albums. The orchestral arrangements brought a whole new dimension to what was already a diverse and dynamic back catalogue, ranging from the sparse, hypnotic O Song to the wild west rollicking of This Train Will Be Taking No Prisoners. Of course, the biggest response was for the glorious, rousing renditions of the band's breakthrough hit One Crowded Hour.
The band has now released some of the recordings as part of a Limited Edition of the latest (platinum) album, Moo, You Bloody Choir. That album has won the prestigious Australian Music Prize, in addition to garnering 6 Aria nominations including Album Of The Year, and Single Of The Year. That single, One Crowded Hour was voted in #1 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2006, and Song of The Year at the APRA Awards by 33,000 Australian songwriters.
Available at all good music retailers.
Ben Folds and WASO: Live in Perth
Recorded in 2005 at Kings Park in Perth, Western Australia, this DVD features all of Ben Fold's favourites from his Rockin' the Suburbs and Whatever and Ever Amen albums, including Fred Jones Part 2, Steven's Last Night in Town, Boxing, Not the Same and Narcolepsy, accompanied by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Simon Kenway. Fans of Ben Folds will love this unique performance.
La Bohème
In 2004 the West Australian Ballet was written into the history books as the first ballet company to perform one of the great love stories of all time, La Bohème. A world premiere especially created for the company, this stunning three act story is based on the world-famous and much-loved operatic drama by Giacomo Puccini. To mark this achievement ABC Classics released a recording of Kevin Hocking's adaptation with performances by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dobbs Franks. The gloriously romantic and emotionally charged new adaptation of La Bohème will undoubtedly touch the hearts of those who experience it through this sumptuous recording.
Available at ABC Shops $32.99
Shakespeare Overtures I
Shakespeare's stories come to life in Castelnuovo-Tedesco's dramatic orchestral works.
The art of Shakespeare was a recurring fascination for Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In addition to two operas and numerous settings of songs and sonnets, he wrote 11 Shakespeare Overtures which here receive their first ever complete recording. Deploying all the resources of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, these are some of the twentieth century's most dramatic and tuneful orchestral works, spectacular evocations of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
Available through Naxos.
Shakespeare Overtures 2
WASO's second album of stirring Shakespeare overtures.
The art of Shakespeare was a recurring fascination for Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In addition to two operas and numerous settings of songs and sonnets, he wrote 11 Shakespeare Overtures which here receive their first ever complete recording. Deploying all the resources of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, these are some of the twentieth century's most dramatic and tuneful orchestral works, spectacular evocations of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
Available through Naxos.
The following albums feature WASO along with a host of other orchestras.
Prue and the Maestro: Eoin Cameron & Prue Ashurst present classical favourites
Popular Perth ABC local radio host Eoin Cameron, along with his regular guest classical music guru and conductor Prue Ashurst, present a collection of famous pieces which have been featured on the show. Every Friday Prue and Eoin display their love of classical music with their segment which discusses inspiring repertoire and now you can listen anytime with this new CD.
Available at the Encore Giftshop in the foyer the Perth Concert Hall at all concerts.
Life is Beautiful 2
Weekends are a time to relax – to put up your feet and forget about the stress of the past week. And what better way to relax then with some of the most divine classical music known to man. Featured on this recording are seventeen tracks to allow you to relax, rejuvenate, and retreat from the chaos of modern life.
Available at ABC Shops $19.99
The World of Classical Music
This double CD set features over two and a half hours of music and contains 44 tracks of great orchestral favourites performed by all of Australia's symphony orchestras.
Featuring orchestral favourites by masters including Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner, Rossini and more.
Available at ABC Shops $9.99 - 2 CD set
Classics at the Movies I
Lights! Camera! Action! is ABC Local Radio's new hit program on Saturday nights from 6.30pm. Hosted by Adam Bowen, this national radio show covers the history of movie and television music.
This double CD set, Classics at the Movies, is the first in a series of CDs from the program, and features classical music from the world of cinema. Tracks featured on this album include Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, used to stunning effect in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, Barber's Adagio, which has been used in many films, but perhaps most famously in Platoon, and Out of Africa, which featured Mozart's Clarinet Concerto (number 1 on the Classic 100).
Available at ABC Shops $24.99 - 2 CD set
Classics at the Movies II
Following the massive success of Classics at the Movies Vol.1 from the hit ABC Local Radio program Lights, Camera, Action! Hosted by Adam Bowen, this double CD presents more great classical music from the world of Cinema.
Featuring music used in recent hit films (Mona Lisa Smile, Big Fish, Austin Powers) as well as classics of the silver screen (A Clockwork Orange, Gallipoli, The Great Dictator). Another great collection featuring famous classical music made even more famous by the movies!
Available at ABC Shops $9.99 - 2 CD set
