2008

The final volume of the three part set that follows the future archaeologist's adventures as he travels the world, rubbing shoulders with some of history's famed figures.

Creedence: Collected 1968-72 [Digipack / 3 CD]

Detta nervkittlande äventyr tar vid där Casino Royal slutade. Sviken av kvinnan han älskade kämpar 007 nu för att inte blanda in sina känslor i sitt senaste uppdrag. I sin eviga kamp mot orättvisan reser James Bond (Daniel Craig) kors och tvärs över världen. Han möter den vackra men suspekta Camille (Olga Kurylenko) som leder honom till Dominic Greene, en hänsynslös affärsman som står bakom den mystiska organisationen Quantum. Bond avslöjar Quantums plan att ta kontroll över en av världens viktigaste naturtillgångar och i ett minfält av svek, mord och bedrägeri kämpar Bond mot tiden för att förgöra Greene...

Adele: 19 [Vinyl LP]

Richard Hickox and Opera Australia's Australian premiere production of Dvorák's Rusalka opened to spectacular reviews in March 2007. 'Hickox and the orchestra capture its sudden changeability and dramatic force, elegantly shaping the luscious, sweeping melodies while inflecting the intoxicating, folk music-inspired rhythms with grace and bite', noted The Australian. Chandos recorded the performances live and here releases the opera on a 3-CD set.<br/><br/>Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's fairy-tale The Little Mermaid, Rusalka tells of a water-spirit who falls in love with a prince. Enlisting the help of a witch, Rusalka becomes human so as to marry him. When the prince tires of her, and is unfaithful, she tries to return to the water, but a condition of her becoming human has been violated and she eventually dies together with the remorseful prince. Her story is of human desire, self-sacrifice and the search for enlightenment.<br/><br/>By the time Dvorák came to write Rusalka, he was an experienced opera composer with nine works to his credit; Rusalka was to be his last and is now a seasoned favourite. Part of the secret of the score's magic lies in the instrumental colouring. Dvorák was always inspired in his handling of the orchestra, but in Rusalka he reaches new heights of expressive scene painting. In the hands of Richard Hickox these elements are skillfully realised.<br/><br/>Taking the role of Rusalka for the first time in this production, the Australian-born soprano Cheryl Barker won deserved plaudits for her performances throughout the Australian press. 'It is hard to imagine anyone doing the title role better" (The Australian). 'Cheryl Barker gives an astonishing performance. she manages to capture the ethereal other-worldly quality of the water spirit, both physically and vocally, and her realization that her love for the prince is not returned is heart wrenching' (The Canberra Review). She is joined in leading roles by Rosario La Spina, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Bruce Martin and Anne-Marie Owens who also received excellent reviews. The Sydney Morning Herald, for example, wrote, 'Barker is not the only star. Elizabeth Whitehouse is thrillingly venal as the rival foreign princess, and Bruce Martin, as the water sprite, has insistent potency'.

Avantasia: Lost in space part 1 & 2 2008 [CD]

Så fort Iron Man nådde biograferna formligen rusade han uppför topplistorna och spelade in över en halv miljard dollar den första månaden. Robert Downey Jr är lysande som Tony Stark, en rik företagsledare som kidnappas och tvingas att bygga ett fruktansvärt vapen. Han lyckas dock skapa en rustning och flyr, varpå han beslutar sig för att beskydda världen som Iron Man. Bland övriga toppnamn i rollistan märks Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow och Jeff Bridges. Filmen är producerad av Avi Arad, mannen bakom tidigare superhjältesuccéer som Spiderman, X-men och Fantastic Four, vilket är en garanti för fantastisk underhållning. Precis som specialeffekterna från ILM är en garanti för en häftig filmupplevelse.