STACK #136 Feb 2016

Your guide to enjoying the Classics without really trying!

HITCH-

TWENTY FINGERS

HIKER’S

Introducing two keyboard titans.

GUIDE

Meet Sokolov , the mystery man who shuns the limelight and has a legion of piano groupies, and sells thousands of piano albums without saying a word to the public. Find out for yourself what the fuss is all about! And Seong-Jin Cho , the super-sensitive Korean pianist who was outright winner of the 2015 Chopin International Piano Competition in the midst of a scandal! This is Chopin to make your heart melt.

TO THE

CLASSICS

So you like Einaudi?

A VALENTINE’S

KISS Australian soprano Nicole Car is already being described as ‘the next Joan Sutherland’. In her debut album The Kiss , hear this gorgeous voice ‘dripped in rich honey’ ( Herald Sun ) in music of love, heartbreak and passion by Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and others.

Perhaps also Olafur Arnalds?

THE

BEATLES

AS

& YOUR

SEEN ON

SBS

DESTINY

Then you’ve got to try Hélène Grimaud’s perfect ‘piano chill’...

Follow your Destiny with Celtic Woman ’s sensational new album and DVD, sumptuously sung and filmed, with heartfelt favourites You Raise Me Up and Sometimes A Prayer Will Do , to a cover of I See Fire made famous by Ed Sheeran, and their signature Gaelic repertoire from Ireland’s heartland.

Superstar guitarist Miloš makes a thrilling new departure from the classics with Blackbird , a dazzling and innovative new album of classic songs by The Beatles , collaborating with celebrated artists Tori Amos, Gregory Porter, Anoushka Shankar and Steven Isserlis. Vinyl released on 26 February.

ON TOUR

The most spectacular show on earth – the Edinburgh Military Tattoo features the splendour of massed pipes and drums, the exuberance of Highland dancing, and spectacular displays of folkloric traditions from all around the world. The sumptuous 6-DVD edition is released especially for this tour.

SCAN ME!

Scan me to buy these products from JB Hi-Fi and I’m all yours.

... an album called Water with inspiration not just from classical composers, but also from DJ, Nitin Sawhney who provides the soundscapes that link the music on this aqueous journey.

THE CLARINOTTS

What did one Clarinet say to the other two? Find the answers on this delectable new album, as former model, ex-footballer and all-time heartthrob, Andreas Ottensamer , joins his brother and father for a trio of musical delights.

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