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My Favorite Brahms
9 reviews
Johannes Brahms
,
Van Cliburn
RCA, 1999
An extraordinary piano recording.
One really is at first simply stunned by the sound of the piano. These recordings are 30 years old and sound as good or better than a lot of what gets released today. And then there is the artist himself. I had never taken Cliburn for a Brahmsian. But there are so many wonderful performances on this CD. Take Op. 118 #6 for example. At first hearing, I thought Cliburn was being interpretive. ...
Nancarrow: Pieces Nos. 1 & 2; ¿Tango?; String Quartet No. 1
2 reviews
Celeste Marie Roy
,
David Krakauer
, ...
Naxos American, 2005
Nancarrow without the player piano: an essential addition to our knowledge of the composer
This is the reissue of a recording made in 1989 and first released in 1991 by Musicmasters. See my lengthy review under the original release (Continuum Performs Nancarrow). It is an essential addition to our knowledge and understanding of Nancarrow, as it documents most of the (very few) pieces he wrote for for "normal" instruments, e.g. live performers, as opposed to the mechanical player piano ...
The Essential Yo-Yo Ma
20 reviews
Edgar Meyer
,
Hector Console
, ...
Sony, 2005
Love him
I just love him... I love his music.. Just a fact that CD case was all broken, it's all good as long as I can hear his music.
The Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World...Ever!
14 reviews
Isaac Albeniz
,
Johann Sebastian Bach
, ...
EMI Classics, 2001
Beautiful piano music!
This is simply an exquisite collection of beautiful piano pieces. I am very satisfied with this purchase. I can read while listening to this music-call it background music...maybe, but even when you're doing something else-the music is there...it does not intrude, but it doesn't get lost either. I am having a hard time explaining this. I wanted music to relax and enjoy. I got just that with this ...
The Chopin Collection [Box Set]
19 reviews
Frederic Chopin
,
Artur Rubinstein
RCA Victor Europe, 1991
A must have!
A must have for whom loves romantic classical music; by one of the great masters on piano!
Bach for Babies
8 reviews
Marc Johnson [double bass]
,
Johann Sebastian Bach
, ...
Philips, 1999
Bach and Roll!
You can't beat Bach. If classical music is the thing you want for your baby, get this CD. If you are single and have no kids, but classical music is your thing, get this CD. This is fantastic reading music, study music (regardless of what you're studying), and just plain relaxing music. I also highly recommend the CD, BUILD YOUR BABY'S BRAIN 1.
Switched-On Bach II
11 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach
,
Wendy Carlos
East Side Digital, 2002
Staggering for the time, holds up well today
Switched-On Bach II (along with The Well-Tempered Synthesizer) really shows what the analogue Moog gear could do in the hands of people who knew what they were doing. The performances hold up and the arrangements make the most of the material. This is Bach, after all, so that's a pretty tall order. Wendy and Rachel's experience on the earlier albums shows. After nearly 40 years Switched-On ...
Chopin and Champagne: Set Your Mood for Romance
12 reviews
Frederic Chopin
,
David Zinman
, ...
Philips, 1995
The best Chopin you can buy
The most sensitive piano playing I've ever heard. My wife likes it too.
The Priests
103 reviews
The Priests
RCA, 2008
Broad Appeal
We have been very happy with this recording - the MP3 download version worked very well.
Debussy's Greatest Hits
12 reviews
Claude Debussy
,
Andrew Litton
, ...
Sony, 1994
Probably the best compilation of a single composer's works. Ever!
Claude Debussy is perhaps the most understated composer in the history of man. His ability to compose both on the piano and for orchestra is unmatched, in my humble opinion. The fact that Debussy was able to also arrange many contemporary and previous composers' works just adds to his resume. He had a gift, pure and simple. Although this album doesn't (well, honestly it couldn't) contain ...
Faure Requiem Op.48 / Durufle Requiem Op.9
25 reviews
Robert Shaw
,
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Telarc, 1990
French Choral Classics
This disk has set the standard for performing the settings of the Requiem mass by two great French masters, Gabriel Faure and Maurice Durufle. The Faure setting is an intimate one with occasional moments of tempestuousness. This particular recording features the more heavily orchestrated edition (for an excellent chamber version see the Cambridge Singers under John Rutter). Put in seven parts, ...
Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos
13 reviews
Felix Mendelssohn
,
Neville Marriner
, ...
Sony, 1990
A great Mendelssohn album
Yet another great recording from Murray Perahia and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields! This recording has really helped me in preparing to perform one of the Mendelssohn concertos myself; great sound quality on the actual recording as well as the superb technique exhibited makes this album one of my favorites!
The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!
85 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach
,
Léo Delibes
, ...
Angel Records, 1999
Really nice assortment and very relaxing
If you're looking for a classical music CD for background in the house, this is it. Very relaxing.
Spanish Guitar Music
10 reviews
Isaac Albeniz
,
Mateo Albeniz
, ...
Sony, 2002
The Best Classical Guitarist in the World
All of the music on this disc was recorded for Columbia Records between 1964 and 1970 for release on four different LP albums. These are those albums (and I've had them all for 35 years): COLUMBIA RECORDS PRESENTS JOHN WILLIAMS (1964) VIRTUOSO MUSIC FOR GUITAR (1965) MORE VIRTUOSO MUSIC FOR GUITAR (1967) JOHN WILLIAMS PLAYS SPANISH MUSIC (1970) Fourteen of the first fifteen tracks here ...
25 Bach Favorites
12 reviews
Hildegard Rutgers
,
Erich Wenk
, ...
Vox (Classical), 1996
Bach
Surely you don't need me to review the guy. You know who he is, you've heard his music, and I hope you own some. So let me turn the podium over to a cat named Picasso, and you can read into that whatever you wish. She's in a chair, near the CD player. She has entered the room specifically for the music. Her eyes are squinted, almost but not quite shut, little face concentrating on just how ...
In Principio
3 reviews
Arvo Part
Ecm Records, 2009
Magnificent and Original!
Every track on this recording is a pleasant and wonderful surprise. Part has produced a modern masterpiece! He is fresh, spiritual, sometimes almost elusive - carrying your mind to new places and beautiful vistas within your heart. One has to experience this recording and live its many triumphs!
Schumann: Kinderszenen Op15
4 reviews
Robert Schumann
,
Vladimir Horowitz
Sony, 1990
The Definitive Kreislerianna
Everything on this disc is what you'd expect from one of the greatest pianists of all time: superb. But the treasure is the Kreislerianna, of which this is the definitive recording. I've searched in vain for a more recent, sonically better version. There is, for example, a decent recording of the piece by Perahia, a mediocre one by Brendel, and an awful one by Argerich (arghhh!), but nothing ...
UltraSound - Music for the Unborn Child
27 reviews
Johannes Brahms
,
Frederic Chopin
, ...
RCA, 1999
Good
I was very pleased with this cd. It is very soothing and calming. I bought it for my daughter and she uses it also for her 21/2 year old to help him sleep in the afternoons. It works.
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