classical music: fantasies - top sellers ...     classical music:       The World's Favorite Piano Music13 reviews Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, ... RCA, 1992 My favorite CD! Van Cliburn is a master pianist, and this CD is pure listening enjoyment. I generally am not into clasical music, but this is fun. His working fingers convince me that they are not working. They are dancing, and they are having great fun. WONDERFUL!!             Godowsky: Strauss Transcriptions and Other Waltzes1 review Godowsky Hyperion UK, 2008 Hamelin triumphs again Hearing items from this recording on radio recently, it was clear that Godowsky's imaginative approach to transcription and his virtuosic pianistic skills were equally matched by Marc-Andre Hamelin's artistry. Indeed, while I have heard some of these pieces dismissed by others as mere 'salon music', under Hamelin's care they emerged as works of substantial merit, as appropriate to the concert ...             The Chopin Collection14 reviews Frederic Chopin, Artur Rubinstein RCA Victor Europe, 1991 The ultimate interpretation The ultimate way to apreciate the work of Chopin. powerful then again delicate. Sublime piano by Rubinstein. Curacao, apri1 14th 2008             The Story Of Handel4 reviews George Frederick Handel, Dieter Kober, ... Vox (Classical), 1995 In Words & Music I have found this recording series to be a very helpful introductory teaching device for my young children. It gives a brief history of the composer and samples of the musical style.             Bach Edition: Complete Works (155 CD Box Set)54 reviews Johann Sebastian Bach, Andrew Manze, ... Brilliant Classics, 2006 Wonderful, wonderful music Even though I have a lot of other Bach records, this is different, like being in the ocean. What a joy. Buy it; it's unbelievable. The organ works, violin and harpsichord material, and most concertos and orchestral works, have NOTHING wrong with them per se; if you are already in love with someone else's performance then no other player will please you. There are isolated twangy items, but ...             Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes And Impromptus40 reviews Frederic Chopin, Claudio Arrau Philips, 1997 Claudio Arrau, Enchanting The eloquence of this enchanting artist is an absolute joy. Excellent recording. A treasure in my collection.             Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Bach, Brahms: Alexis Weissenberg - Classic Archive3 reviews Brahms, Stravinsky Medici Masters, 2008 One of the Most Extraordinary Piano Films Ever Made My title applies primarily to the 1965 black & white film of Alexis Weissenberg playing Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrushka, amazingly creatively filmed in Stockholm by Åke Falck. I remember seeing this film on TV almost forty years ago and the memory of it has stayed with me ever since. I am so pleased finally to have a copy of that marvelous film. Weissenberg was in his early thirties ...             Chopin: Favorite Piano Works14 reviews Frederic Chopin, Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca, 1996 Why are you waiting? Ashkenazy is one of the titans of Chopin. Davidovich and Arrau are the other two. They're all you need. Get Davidovich for the concertos, (inlcuding the Krakowiak--Op 14), Arrau for the nocturnes and a few micscellaneous pieces. Ashkenazy handles everything else. (Btw, Ashkenazy vs. Davidovich re. the impromptus is a toss up. But since the impromptus aren't on this disc, you can make that ...             Mozart: Piano Sonatas15 reviews Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christoph Eschenbach Deutsche Grammophon, 1999 Mozart, pure & simple This is my favorite set of Mozart piano sonatas, next to the Mitsuko Uchida collection from Philips. Eschenbach's performance is unadorned by needless trivialities, revealing a deep reverence for Mozart' score. Instead of taking liberties with the music, Eschenbach provides a pleasurable listening experience that can be relied upon again & again. Both his playing & the DG sound are impeccable, ...             Mozart Edition: Complete Works (170 CD Box Set)77 reviews Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bruce Abel, ... Brilliant Classics, 2005 A wonderful set ! I bought the complete set for my birthday. What a wonderful surprise ! Let's say I did not know much about Mozart's music except some few "classics" (the symphonies, the requiem, some piano concertos and sonatas, some serenades and the operas). I love every piece I have listened to until now. I have discovered beautiful music I would never have listened to if I had not bought the set ! For ...             The Story Of Handel4 reviews George Frederick Handel, Dieter Kober, ... Vox (Classical), 1995 In Words & Music I have found this recording series to be a very helpful introductory teaching device for my young children. It gives a brief history of the composer and samples of the musical style.             Brahms: Concertos for Piano No. 1 & 2, Fantasia Op. 11631 reviews Johannes Brahms, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon, 1996 a truly great recording To my mind neither Eugen Jochum nor Emil Gilels received the acclaim appropriate to their genius while they were living. Even now it appears they are appreciated mainly by a small clique of true classical music lovers. These two performances of Brahms' Piano Concertos are flawless. They were both recorded in 1972 when Jochum was age 69, and Gilels was 55. Two masters in their mature prime. ...             The Story of Schubert1 review Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, ... Vox (Classical), 1994 inspired performance !!! this collection deserves more than 5 stars.peter maag and the philharmonica hungarica are in top form.this is the best ever of schubert's fifth and eigth i have ever listened to.it is not karl bohm or leonard bernstein or george szell or lorin maazel. truly the hungarians inspired by maag easily beat all the other top orchestras. the orchestral texture is transparent with a perfect balance among ...             Lang Lang Live at Carnegie Hall21 reviews Frederic Chopin, Franz Joseph Haydn, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 Pianistic Glory at its best!!!! Wow!! I have read several of the 'negative' reviews here and can only conclude (after viewing the DVD four times and counting) that what may be going on with these folks is something they themselves simply don't understand (about themselves!). They cannot or will not accept that here with Lang Lang, as with Evgeny Kissin (ever notice?) the world is being introduced to the next and even greater ...             Piano Favorites7 reviews Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, ... EMI Classics, 1995 Elegance at the piano I grew up listening to Moura Lympany's playing, especially Litolff's Scherzo. Never could understand how a person could play with absolute control at high speed. In this recording, most (though not all - the Etude in C# minor an obvious exception)of the music is more laid back, and played with great grace and with the controlled touch of a pianist at the peak of her career. The ambience of the ...             Mozart: The Piano Sonatas12 reviews Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mitsuko Uchida Philips, 2003 Some of my favorite Uchida perfomances Like Rubinstein with Chopin, I have always enjoyed performances by a pianist who has a particular affinity for the compositions they are playing. This is no less true here with Mitsuko Uchida and her interpretations of the Mozart piano sonatas. I have these recordings in the Philips Complete Mozart Edition, but got this set regardless, trusting in an improved sound from this 2003 box set. I have ...             Elgar: The Collector's Edition (30 CDs)2 reviews Derek Hammond-Stroud, Peter Glossop, ... Emi Classics, 2007 Great Bargain of Elgar Masterworks and Forgotten Gems! Like Sony's Stravinsky set, this Elgar set from EMI seems to want to challenge the Brilliant Classics label by providing lots of music for little money. This costs more than the Stravinsky, but you get 30 cds here as opposed to the 22 in the Stravinsky set. On the average, you are paying $2 a disc, as opposed to the seperate issues listed on Amazon that are going for about $20 in some instances. ...             The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli28 reviews Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Gabrieli, ... Sony, 1996 Antiphonal Masterpiece This recording unifies arguably the 3 best brass sections from American Brass orchestras in a performance of the antiphonal music of Giovanni Gabrieli. The Chicago, Philadelphia, and Cleveland brass sections are used here and they work together as groups as well as they ever did with their corresponding orchestras. This was recorded without conductor, rehearsal, or even a tuning note, however, ...             Story Of Chopin In Words And Music2 reviews Frederic Chopin, Ingrid Haebler Vox (Classical), 1995 BEAUTIFUL MUSIC/WAY TO LEARN ABOUT CHOPIN & HISTORY The music is so wonderful, perhaps a better description is that the music is so beautiful that it almost seems surreal - Wow! So breathtaking, so Chopin!!! Add to the music, a great written biography on Chopin's life and you've got one incredible hour of enjoyment/learning. The first 1/2 hour mixes Chopin's story with his music; the second 1/2 hour is some of Chopin's greatest works! Great for ...             Chopin: Greatest Hits5 reviews Frederic Chopin, André Previn, ... Sony, 1994 Fantastic!! Frederic Chopin is a very talented artist and composer. 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