classical music: fantaisie     classical music:       Saint-Sans: Piano Concertos 1-5; Wedding Cake Caprice-Valse10 reviews Camille Saint-Saens, Andr Previn, ... EMI Classics, 2005 A few comments on the Collard-Licad controversy... The reviewers before this one provide excellent discussion of this set, and I would agree that it is a top-notch set of recordings and performances. We love this set, play it often, and would not part with any recording upon it. The two versions of the popular and lovable Concerto No. 2 that are compared, those of Jean-Philippe Collard (this set) and Cecile Licade, are certainly different. ...             Baroque Music for Brass and Organ3 reviews Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... Telarc, 2003 It's the Empire Brass! C'mon, it's the Empire Brass! They rock! What's not to like?             Delibes: Lakme (Highlights) / Sutherland, Bonynge4 reviews Leo Delibes, Richard Bonynge, ... Decca, 2000 the perfect vehicle for Sutherland I'm a fan of those great operas that for whatever reason aren't immediately thought of by the general public when asked to name an opera. So Lakme is no Carmen- it doesn't need to be. So the plot is paper-thin: that's what Verdi and Wagner are for. I was glad to hear Joan paired with another great soprano for the flower duet. Jane Berbie comes dangerously close to overshadowing Joan ...             Glass Harmonica8 reviews Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, ... Naxos, 2001 Thomas Bloch's Interpretation is Second-to-None This is a great introduction to the exquisite Glass Harmonica. Naxos once again enlarges our listening pleasure by allowing such gifted musician/composers as Thomas Bloch a wider audience than other, more recondite labels have afforded him. This instrument, invented by Franklin, and taken seriously by such greats as Mozart and Beethoven, is only now coming into its own again. Bloch is an ...             The 5 Browns31 reviews The 5 Browns RCA, 2005 Fabulous piano! It's a treat to become acquainted with the music of the Five Browns! Wonderful selection of titles on the CD. So glad to have it!             Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos10 reviews Sergey Rachmaninov, Andr Previn, ... Decca, 1997 Illustrious Dark The pianistic genius of Rachmaninov and his spirit incarnate: Vladimir Ashkenazy. If you have ever heard Rachmaninov play his own music, you probably pondered the impressive talent. But where his personal strengths lay in composition, his performances were a little too eccentric for me. For example, his renditions of militaristic Prelude No. 5 in G minor is a soft, cautious approach; his piano ...             Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3/ Solo Piano Works31 reviews Arcadi Volodos, James Levine Sony, 2000 Digital Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff's compositions are often lumped in with other Russian nationalist composers, like Rimsky-Korsakov who wanted to raise the state of Russian music by incorporating modes and folk-elements of their native land into the mainstream. With Rachmaninoff, you get the feeling his music is Russian, but without selling out; he avoided in most cases, overtly inserting folk-sounds, but ...             Debussy: Orchestral Works Claude Debussy, Charles Dutoit, ... Decca, 2004             A Window in Time: Rachmaninoff Performs His Solo Piano Works46 reviews Sergei Rachmaninoff, Wayne Stahnke Telarc, 1998 Moving performances! Rachmaninoff lives! I'm not an expert, indeed I know almost nothing about the piano roll technology, but I thought the end result was magnificent! The playing is full of power, energy, and emotion. I was most surprised by how well the dynamic changes were preserved. And there are no distracting audiences noises, of course, like you have on modern live recordings of his work. I haven't taken this one out of ...             Debussy: The Complete Works For Piano19 reviews Claude Debussy, Kurt Schroder, ... EMI Classics, 1997 Debussy and Gieseking Historical 1950s recordings that demonstrate Gieseking's well attested shades of piano sound that are unique and outstanding.             Cafe Paradiso20 reviews Steve Erquiaga Philips, 1998 Stunning CD I met Erquiaga during the "Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Camp" in 2005. The camp is rather traditional style Jazz camp and more focused on improvising. I am a guitar player and Erquiaga was our combo teacher. We had three sax players, a piano, drums, an upright bass, and a guitar. You get the idea... I found him an excellent Jazz music educator. And I also found him as a great jazz guitar player ...             Delibes: Lakme (Highlights) / Sutherland, Bonynge4 reviews Leo Delibes, Richard Bonynge, ... Decca, 2000 the perfect vehicle for Sutherland I'm a fan of those great operas that for whatever reason aren't immediately thought of by the general public when asked to name an opera. So Lakme is no Carmen- it doesn't need to be. So the plot is paper-thin: that's what Verdi and Wagner are for. I was glad to hear Joan paired with another great soprano for the flower duet. Jane Berbie comes dangerously close to overshadowing Joan ...             Satie: Piano Works [Box Set]1 review Erik Satie, Aldo Ciccolini, ... EMI Classics, 2003 Ciccolini Knows Satie Aldo Ciccolini is arguably the greatest interpreter of Erik Satie, and he can also be credited with rescuing the minimalist from certain obscurity with the recordings he made of the composer's music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. For years I have enjoyed selections of those performances and I figured it was time to upgrade to a more complete set. As a result, I recently got this title. ...             The Classical Collection, Part 1 / Vanessa-Mae (3 CD Box Set) (EMI Classics)4 reviews Ludwig van Beethoven, John Bettis, ... EMI Classics, 2000 Great early recording I should of course first disclose that I do not know very much about classical music, but as far as I can tell this is a fantastic recording. This 3-cd set is a reissue of the early classical recordings that Vanessa-Mae made before crossing over into pop. It is a fantastic set because it offers a wide range of music: Tchaaikovsky, Kreisler, Beethoven, Paganini, Sarasate, Bach, Brahms and others. ...             Complete Piano Music1 review Rachmaninoff, Howard Shelley Hyperion UK, 1993 Endless pleasure Fortunately for my pocketbook, I listen to these recordings now mostly from my iTunes library or on my iPod. I say fortunately because I would have long since worn them out. Few of my hundreds of CDs have given me as much pleasure over many years as these. I don't doubt that one can find individual performances of many of these works that may top Shelley's, but for sheer, consistent quality in ...             Symphonie Fantastique6 reviews Berlioz, Sfs, ... RCA, 2004 Fantastique by Thomas and SFS is Fantastic! Thomas has done it again with a mighty fine recording of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. There's very little to say other than you have to hear it. It shares the top of the heap with Bernstein's most 'psychadelic' version and Munch's very fine most natural sounding (considering most of the players in Boston at the time were of the French school) version all with better sonics. This is first ...             In a Quiet Cathedral15 reviews Todd Wilson Delos Records, 1994 Simply Wonderful As the daughter of an organist, and having grown up with a full sized church organ (albeit electric and not a pipe organ) in the house, I heard a lot of wonderful music. My favorite is the R. Vaughn Williams "Prelude on the Welsh Hymn Tune 'Rhosymedre'". Such a lovely piece has never been matched, in my opinion. And it is rare to find it on any recording. But this CD has it!!! And Mr ...             James Galway - Serenade1 review Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy, ... RCA, 1989 Relaxing CD If you enjoy James Galway, you should get this CD. It is wonderful easy listening music for when you are doing something else like reading. It is not as exciting as some of his other CDs but just as good. All the songs are beautiful and will be greatly appreciated.             Midnight Adagios1 review Midnight Adagios Decca, 2003 Enjoyable - but not beddy-bye music "Midnight Adagios" advertises itself as featuring "over two-and-a-half hours of the world's most relaxing music" and while it is beautiful music it is not particularly relaxing. The dynamic changes from track to track--something I find in all musical compilations from disparate sources--are too great. I constantly have to fiddle with the volume control when going from track to track. For ...             Chopin: 4 Ballades; Fantaisie, Op. 49; Prelude, Op. 4523 reviews Frederic Chopin, Maurizio Pollini Deutsche Grammophon, 1999 Making a case for Pollini in the Ballades? Piano recitals tend to bring out good reviewers here at Amazon, but Pollini's Chopin Ballades haven't been well described yet. Each reviewer seems to have strong thumbs-up or thumbs-down opinions. They declare that Pollini is either in top form or has lost his touch completely. As to the bare facts, Pollini plays all these works faster than the norm--Kissin, who recorded the Ballades in 1998 ...              search for classical music adagios, ballades, baroque, caprice, caprice-valse, cathedral, classical, classics, collection, complete, concerto, concertos, delibes, fantaisie, fantastique, harmonica, highlights, midnight, orchestral, paradiso, performs, rachmaninoff, rachmaninov, saint-sans, serenade, sutherland, symphonie, vanessa, vanessa-mae, wedding classical music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen watches & jewelry: Cheery Dots Murano Glass Charm Bead Sterling Silver Core Fits European ... home  impressum - about us