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Kaija Saariaho: Notes on Light; Orion; Mirage Best Price: $14.99 Soprano Karita Mattila and female composer Kaija Saariaho share not only popular star status in... | Horowitz Live and Unedited [includes Bonus DVD] Best Price: $11.03 I am a pianist, and a piano teacher, who has admired Horowitz, since my college days in the... | Smetana - The Bartered Bride Best Price: $18.36 Having seen this opera many years ago i was rather hazy on the story line but on viewing i found... | Sonatas: Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven Best Price: $11.64 For his second recording on Deutsche Grammophon, the young Polish pianist, Rafal Blechacz,... | Bach, Glenn Gould - French Suites - 70th Anniversary Edition Best Price: $6.22 Bach composed the French Suites, BWV 812 --817, in his late-30s between 1722-1725 while living... |
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Wendy Carlos - The Well-Tempered Synthesizer Best Price: $11.99 and you get to hear Wendy (Walter) at the end talk about the music .. wonderful, and she sounds... | Karl Jenkins Requiem Best Price: $8.39 After establishing a name as a innovative composer of popular music and of commercials, Jenkins... | Karl Jenkins Requiem Best Price: $8.39 After establishing a name as a innovative composer of popular music and of commercials, Jenkins... | Mozart: The 5 Violin Concertos Best Price: $17.94 The two five-star reviews here seem familiar with the career of Giuliano Carmignola, but all I... | Debut Recital / Martha Argerich Best Price: $6.47 With Argerich you simply cannot go wrong in the world of piano.
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Ravi Shankar and Phillip Glass - Passages Best Price: $6.38 in my opinion, this cd shows the best music of phillip glass, the one he did at the beginig,... | Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty Best Price: $8.15 I begin my review of this splendid cd with a slice of musical heresy: *listening* to a ballet... | Gilbert & Sullivan - Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard, Trial of Jury Best Price: $6.25 The music is, of course, wonderful -- Gilbert and Sullivan. I am really enjoying this CD. | The Kirov Celebrates Nijinsky / Sheherazade, La Spectre de la Rose, The Polovtsian Dances, The Firebird Best Price: $10.59 I purchased this DVD with excitement to see Svetlana Zakharova's performance as I am a loyal and... | Charles Ives: The Three Orchestral Sets Best Price: $4.49 I appreciate the scholarly work and personal dedication that this CD represents, but on other... |
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Verdi - Rigoletto / Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, LSO, Bonynge Best Price: $20.99 Cabe mencionar que hace poco mas de 11 a?os que tengo este disco que tuvo a bien regalarme un... | Vivaldi and Piazzolla: Eight Seasons Best Price: $10.50 The `eight seasons' referred to in this CD's name are the `Four Seasons' of Vivaldi and the... | Mikhail Pletnev - Mikhail Pletnev ~ Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonatas Best Price: $6.54 Another favorite disc which prompted me to purchase both Horowitz and Schiff recordings. I can't... | Voice of an Angel Best Price: $2.00 She is a natural talent that we will not likely hear from again. Unfortunately, Church was... | Tchaikovsky At Tea Time: A Refreshing Blend For Body And Spirit Best Price: $3.91 Who doesn't know Tchaikovsky ? I mean yes, it took me a while to learn how to spell his name but... |
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Chopin: Nocturnes Best Price: $21.10 I listened to other piano recordings before Pollini and they aren't as smooth and natural with... | Puccini - Tosca / Gheorghiu, Alagna, Raimondi, Muraro, Cangelosi, Pappano, Royal Opera (2000 film) Best Price: $13.49 This DVD features two of my favorite singers. The singing is glorious, tender &... | Beethoven: Les 9 Symphonies Best Price: $27.48 It is enjoyably performed and first rate sounding set! I much prefer it over Karajan any time.... | Monks of Sherab Ling Monastery - Sacred Tibetan Chant Best Price: $6.33 This Cd just wipes all my cares away, and cleanes my entire home of negative energy. I love it!! | Alfred Brendel Plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol. III Best Price: $5.95 These recordings date from 1962 through 1964. The state-of-the art for analog was fully... |
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Silent Night: The Greatest Hits of Christmas Best Price: $4.60 This album is a traditional Christmas Story and so good to experience. It takes me back to my... | Mozart - Don Giovanni / Furtwangler Best Price: $19.97 Aspect ratio and mono sound aside I knew I was in for a less than perfect opera after hearing... | Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Freni, Pavarotti, Ludwig, Wiener Phil., Karajan Best Price: $30.00 While this is not my favorite Butterfly (Leinsdorf/Moffo), it is certainly one of the best ever... | Placido Domingo - Pasion Espanola Best Price: $7.99 I must admit that I cried when listening to some of these "coplas", they were the... | Isabel Bayrakdarian ~ Joyous Light Best Price: $10.74 I first saw Isabel on an SBS programme and was amazed at the glorious sounds she was producing.... |
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A Robert Shaw Christmas - Angels on High Best Price: $6.99 You simply cannot go wrong with this wonderful collection from a disciplined and masterfully-led... | Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov Best Price: $24.99 Reviewing my comments and those written by others about this extaordinary opera, I do not think... | Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov Best Price: $24.99 Reviewing my comments and those written by others about this extaordinary opera, I do not think... | Vivaldi - Ercole s'ul Termodonte / Il Complesso Barocco, Curtis (Spoleto Festival 2006) Best Price: $21.95 a very interesting performance; lovely voices especially the countertenors and a crisp and... | Classical Kids Christmas Best Price: $7.20 Story line is interspersed with a nice variety of classic christmas songs and poems in a setting... |
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Karl Jenkins: Diamond Music Best Price: $5.97 All the songs on this CD are remarkable, but best are the Allegretto and Vivace movements of... | Nixon in China Best Price: $24.81 Back in the late 1980s, I watched the Houston Grand Opera's production of John Adams' opera... | Tango Argentina [DVD Video] Best Price: $16.76 Even though the quality of the music and the video itself is good, it was defective. It stops... | Puccini - Tosca (remastered) Best Price: $18.55 Excellent audio-video! Always a pleasure to see a Met/Zefarelli production. While the... | Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for guitar; Ponce: Concierto del sur Best Price: $10.94 The only regret is that in the liner
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Reich: Different Trains, Electric Counterpoint / Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny Best Price: $11.15 I heard "Before the War" in a Music class I was recently enrolled in. I thought the... | Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition Best Price: $45.58 Having enjoyed the companion Elgar set, I bought this immediately when it came out. It is... | Music for Two (Bonus DVD) Best Price: $8.75 This is a wonderful CD, & the bonus video is also fun. The music is truly amazing, although... | Bach for Breakfast: The Leisurely Way to Start Your Day Best Price: $3.95 This recording is a delightful morning brew of Bach's most beautiful and atmospheric... | Del Tredici: Final Alice Best Price: $5.42 |
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6 Pathetique Best Price: $13.61 I have all of Eschenbach and PO's Tchaikovsky Symphonies. While he hits the fifth out of the... | Schubert: Trout Quintet, Death and the Maiden / Amadeus Quartet Best Price: $6.94 The main virtue of Emil Gilels as colossal pianist was always ironically his main failure: his... | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 Best Price: $8.16 Shostakovich's music (especially the symhonies) is filled with wit and sarchasm, but this... | First Love-Songs from the British Isles Best Price: $18.62 Bryn Terfel returns with his stunning new album 'First Love', Songs from the British Isles'.... | Korngold - Die tote Stadt / Leinsdorf Best Price: $14.37 Korngold's art and sin lay more in the necessity of making a living than in writing opera. So he... |
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Bruckner, Jochum - Symphonies 1-9 Best Price: $29.02 Bruckner is amongst my favorite composers of the 19th century's second half. That is, he is a... | | | | |