Aldo Ortado

This CD is going to provide unexpected delight for lovers of the Late-Romantics. Victor de Sabata is remembered as a remarkably dynamic conductor who made some stunning records with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Decca in the 1940s and 50s. It is not so well known that he was also a composer. Here are three ravishing symphonic poems from the early 1920s, substantial in length and gorgeously scored for an enormous orchestra. Everybody who responds to Respighi, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Strauss and Busoni is going to love this disc. The conductor, Aldo Ceccato, is de Sabata's son-in-law and has long championed these scores around the world. Here he directs de Sabata's 'own' orchestra, the LPO, in their first commercial recordings. Sonically, this disc is state-of-the-art.

Fireworks with Aldo Colombini- An explosive combination of easy-to-do yet amazing card magic.
The most popular card routine used by professionals to get audiences involved is a multiple selection and revelation routine. On this DVD Aldo Colombini tips all the work for his version of this classic plot where twelve audience members select cards and you find them using flashy and impossible revelations.
The impromptu routine can be used as part of a show or an entire act. What makes Aldo's version exceptional is his method of controlling the cards. The card control is by far the best, easiest and most direct method ever created. The routine is also structured to allow you to easily adjust for additional or fewer cards depending on the size of your audience.

I bought this inexpensive collection in Paris and I play it frequently. While I enjoy more the rich depth in the Saint Saens piano collaborations of Previn/Collard (EMI) and Dutoit/Roge (London), this five (5) CD value set offers his Violin and Cello Concertos, his Carnival of the Animals, the Introduction and Rondo, and other less well known compositions. One would expect this comprehensive thoroughly enjoyable collection to be available in France where Saint Saens is honored as he is not in America.