Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Delibes: The Flower Duet (British Airways)
2. Dvorák: New World Symphony - Largo (excerpt) (Hovis)
3. Petit: Theme from Jean de Florette (Stella Artois)
4. Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Reed Pipes (Cadbury's Fruit and Nut)
5. Karl Jenkins: Adiemus (Cheltenham and Gloucester/Delta Airlines)
6. Bach: Air on a G String (Hamlet)
7. Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga (Harrods)
8. Rossini: Largo al factotum (Fiat Strada)
9. Verdi: Anvil Chorus (Lee Jeans/Ragu Pasta Sauce)
10. Vangelis: 1492 - Conquest of Paradise (Smirnoff Ice/Ford Galaxy)
11. Handel: Sarabande (Levi's Jeans)
12. Saint-Saëns: Aquarium (Specsavers)
13. Satie: Gymnopédie No 1 (Bournville Chocolate)
14. Hahn: L'heure exquise (Virgin One)
15. Einaudi: Primavera (Sony Blu-Ray)
16. Mahler: Symphony No 7 - 2nd movt (excerpt) (Castrol GTX)
17. Kats-Chernin: Eliza Aria (Lloyds TSB)
18. O'Halloran: Prelude No 2 (Audi A5)
19. Grieg: Peer Gynt - Morning Mood (Nescafé)
20. Jeffes: Telephone and Rubber Band (T Mobile)

Disc 2:

1. Handel: Zadok The Priest (UEFA Champions League/P & O Ferries ad)
2. Orff: Carmina Burana - O Fortuna (X Factor/Old Spice ad)
3. Puccini: Nessun dorma (FIFA 1990 World Cup)
4. Prokofiev: Dance of the Knights (The Apprentice/L'Egoïste ad)
5. Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory (Last Night of the Proms/HP Sauce ad)
6. Burgon: Main theme (Brideshead Revisited)
7. Goodall: Ecce Homo (Mr Bean)
8. Ravel: Boléro (excerpt) (Dancing on Ice)
9. Wilson: Main theme (Fawlty Towers)
10. Sousa: Liberty Bell (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
11. Pheloung: Main theme (Inspector Morse)
12. Harle: Silencium (Silent Witness)
13. Burgon: Nunc Dimittis (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
14. Goodall: The Lord is My Shepherd (The Vicar of Dibley)
15. Holst/Skarbek: World in Union (IRB Rugby World Cup)
16. Fenton: Main theme (The Blue Planet)
17. Lloyd Webber: Variations (The South Bank Show)
18. Khachaturian: Adagio (excerpt) (The Onedin Line)
19. Kamen: Main theme (Band of Brothers)
20. Phipps: Main theme (The Virgin Queen)
21. Einaudi: Main theme (Dr Zhivago)
22. Gold: Main theme (Doctor Who)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39748 in Music
• Released on: 2007-09-10
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 168 minutes

Album Description
As Heard on TV is a sensational two disc compilation packed full of all your favourite classical tracks and theme tunes from the small screen. Disc one - Music from Adverts is full of the finest classical pieces used in all the biggest ads of the last 10 years including British Airways, Hovis and Stella Artois. Disc two - Music from Programmes includes the theme tunes from all your favourite TV shows of last 50 years including Inspector Morse, X Factor and the Apprentice.

Customer Reviews

Artists not as heard on TV
The title of this album promises much to the lover of classical sounds on the goggle box but, on loading the CD into the player, it soon becomes apparent to the listener that their expectations will not be met. This is not a soundtrack album and should not be viewed as such. The instrumental pieces are competently even well performed but, as soon as the vocal parts commence, one realises one is not actually listening to the performances associated with the programme, advertisement or movie. In the contemporary music genre, one would call this a 'cover' album. The implications for the older classical pieces are minor as the musicians (whoever they may be, as they are not credited) perform well and the sound quality is excellent. However, "Vangelis" is not the same without Vangelis! His 1492 piece has been arranged for an orchestra and, clearly, a different choir sings. I have the Band Of Brothers soundtrack album and the version of the main theme on this release lacks the passion and emotional influence of the original performance. Karl Jenkins' Adiemus suffers from the use of alternative vocal talent to that we have seen on Classic FM TV and heard on Classic FM. This is a pleasant album in some respects but has left me disappointed with my purchase. If you want to hear the music "as heard on TV", my advice is to seek out the original artists and orchestras instead.

That sounds familiar, I wonder where I can buy it on CD?

Once again this is a helpful Classic FM 2CD release, aimed this time at those who hear a piece of TV advert music and like it, but haven't a clue who wrote it.

The tracks generally expand on the shorter pieces heard during the advert, and although some are not by the same artist as the TV version, they are by no means inferior and the difference will often be unnoticeable.

Whether the version of music is the 'best one' is largely irrelevant, for these are all good performances and recordings of some of classical music's finest and most popular masterpieces.

This is a great chance for those unfamiliar to classical music to get to know a little bit more, even if it's just the composers name and title of the piece, for it can be infuriating to hear a bit of music and not have a clue where to look to buy the CD and enjoy it at leisure.

'So THAT'S who wrote that piece of music' is a guaranteed response to many of the tracks on this compilation.

Great music from ads and TV
This two disc CD from Classic FM contains forty-two tracks that have been made famous because they were featured either as adverts or as theme music for various TV shows. It is true that these are not, for the most part, the pieces from the various sources, rather the music included on this album are the full pieces of classical music that they have been edited and adapted from (e.g. the CD includes the proper Liberty Bell piece rather than the edited version used by Monty Python). Despite the lack of the original pieces this is still a great album with many great tracks and is of a quality you would expect from Classic FM.