classical music: madrigals     classical music:       Madrigals Book 62 reviews Gesualdo, Kassiopeia Quintet Globe, 2009 This Heretic's Imprimatur! Five stars and then some! I have other recordings of all six "books" of madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) by other ensembles. I've reviewed and praised several of those, and I won't be throwing the CDs away, but this recording of the last-published Libro Sesto of 1611 compels me to reset the bar. Good news: The Kassiopeia Quintet has already released separate CDs of the other five books. ...             Fritz Kreisler Plays Kreisler9 reviews Fritz Kreisler, Josef A. Pasternack, ... RCA, 1997 Travel to the Old Vienna Sometimes the author isn`t the best performer of his own works. That`s not the case. I completely agree with the previous reviewer: yes, only Kreisler can play Kreisler. While listening to this music you so wounderfully feel the spirit of the old Vienna, that most technically perfect record couldn`t compare with this impressions. Treat surface noise of the records made in 1912-1946 as the scent ...             John Rutter Collection14 reviews Rutter, Cambridge Singers, ... Decca, 2002 John Rutter Collection Absolutely beautiful selections performed perfectly!! I play it almost daily and repeatedly. I am familiar with several pieces from a performance perspective and enjoy the entire collection immensely.             Glass: A Madrigal Opera5 reviews Philip Glass, Jari Hiekkapelto, ... Orange Mountain Music, 2009 Finally Recorded! Having performed "The State of the Tibetan Nation: A Madrigal Opera" many times with Christina Fong in the late 1990s, it is wonderful to finally hear this little-known but very important Glass work on disc. I wish that we had been allowed to record our version back in the late 1990s when we performed it on a regular basis for a 2-year period throughout the midwest and Canada (Canadian premiere ...             Rodrigo: Complete Concertos for Guitar and Harp8 reviews Joaquin Rodrigo, Antonio de Almeida, ... Philips, 1999 2'fer bargain Wow!! Fantastic stuff that is highly recommended for classical music listeners old and new. Hats off to Phillips for collecting these songs by Spanish maestro Rodrigo and presenting them on two discs. Besides the more familiar fare like "Fantasia para un gentilhombre" and "Concierto de Arunjuez," which I never get tired of, there are various other conciertos that are so soothing and extremely ...             Chanticleer: Magnificat (A Capella Works by Josquin, Palestrina, Titov, Victoria, and Others)11 reviews Chanticleer, William Cornysh, ... Teldec, 2000 Beautiful performances and some nice surprises This is a nice anthology of Renaissance music encompassing key composers of both the Prima and Seconda Prattica, including one or two less known names. The uniting theme is that of they are all in praise of the Virgin Mary. Most of these works are old war horses such as the Josquin Ave Maria which is beautifully performed. Their tempo for the Josquin is similar to that of the spacious approach of ...             Codex Faenza: Instrumental Music of the Early 15th Century6 reviews Italian Anonymous, Codex Faenza Anonymous, ... Naxos, 1998 Essential to any early music collection When I purchased this album, I was expecting it to be more akin to the other music performed by the Ensemble Unicorn. I was expecting quick and lively, music akin to the Spanish Troubadour tunes and Las Cantigas de Santa Maria. I was wrong, and I was disappointed at first. I quickly changed my mind after giving the entire album a listen, and was enchanted. If you like the quick, lively medieval ...             English Renaissance Music8 reviews Antony Holborne, Orlando Gibbons, ... Sony, 1990 They don't come much better. The incomparable Canadian Brass make this album a rare treat. From the first notes of Holborne's "Galliard" to the magnificent complexity of Byrd's "Fitzwilliam Suite", their renditions are sheer delight. The music is both relaxing and enjoyably stimulating. Repeated hearings allow the listener to discover some hidden turn or embellishment that was not noticed before, or to appreciate again ...             Bolling: Picnic Suite8 reviews Claude Bolling Sony, 1990 Superbly inventive, beautifully recorded Claude Bolling's astonishing "Picnic Suite" is a superbly inventive, beautifully recorded album of music that's somewhere in between jazz and classical. It's hard to describe, but it's absolutely addictive. The opening song, "Rococo," starts out with a prim, rather strict classical structure, then slouches easily into a warmer, more jazz-tinged mood. Jean-Pierre Rampal's flute playing flits ...             Music of Barrios20 reviews Agustín Barrios Mangoré, David Russell Telarc, 1995 Simply Brilliant! I have both Russell and Williams and just finished giving Williams a five star review as well. Yep: I cannot help you by pointing to one or the other as being better in any way. Williams is very direct and tackles each piece effortlessly, and in particular executes the tambora technique better than Russell, (or at least, it's recorded better). Russell meanwhile (as many point out) has a ...             Romeo & Juliet3 reviews Prokofiev, Sfs, ... RCA, 2004 Fantastic Michael Tilson Thomas is truly one of the great living conductors. The things he has been doing with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra for a decade now have been wonderful. This is one of the conductor's earliest collaborations with RCA Victor in selections from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. Although other reviews have summed up most of my feelings on this CD, I do just want to emphasize MTT's ...             Gabrieli · Monteverdi · Vivaldi - Venetian Church Music / Taverner Consort, Choir & Players · Andrew Parrott8 reviews Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi, ... EMI Classics, 2001 a voice teacher and early music fan AN OUTSTANDING VARIETY OF EARLY MUSIC Polychoral music-music written for several groups of musicians separated spatially-was not peculiar to Venice, but it was associated with the Basilica of San Marco and ceremonial events in the Venetian cultural calendar. Chordal writing reached its peak in the polychoral works of Giovanni Gabrieli(1555-1612), the principal church composer in Italy of ...             Music for a Medieval Banquet4 reviews Anonymous, Codex Faenza Anonymous, ... Hmf Classical Exp., 2001 A good, simple bargain, with a sweet reward This simple little album reminds me of what it is that I love most about the Italian Renaissance - its barefaced passion and gut level power. So playful and raucous at times that I felt as if I were in a scene from Pasolini's irreverent "Decameron" and at other moments, so serene that I was in a chapter from Chaucer. The music is simple and unpretentious. Not resorting to gimmicks, they allow ...             Monteverdi - Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi / Rooley, The Consort of Musicke3 reviews Claudio Monteverdi, Anthony Rooley, ... Virgin Veritas, 1999 a voice teacher and early music fan EARLY MUSIC NEWS COMMENTING ON THE 'CONSORT OF MUSICKE': "THEY COULD HAVE NO BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR SKILL THAN IN THE MAGNIFICENT MADRIGALS BY MONTEVERDI'S ATTENTION TO CLARITY OF PRONUNCIATION AND THE NATURAL RHYTHMIC MOVEMENT OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE...HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRENGTH OF THE GROUP." And in addition the Consort is distinguished by vitality, excitement and progressive ...             Izzy13 reviews Izzy Manhattan Records, 2003 I Blaspheme As I Say: " Move over Sarah Brightman" This album is absolutely amazing: of that, Sarah Brighhtman should be afraid. I absolutely love La Brightman, but Izzy is sure to cause dissent among loyal Brightman fans with regard to who has the prettier voice, especially since Sarah left her operatic voice behind, for the most part, on her latest "Harem". "Les Temps Des Cerises, "Greensleeves" and "Steal Away" are enough alone to lobby for ...             Guitarra espaola [Box Set]4 reviews Gaspar Sanz, Alonso de Mudarra, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 Very Highly Recommended I cannot recommend this retrospective of just a small amount of Yepes's work highly enough. He was a consummate technician and a knowledgeable interpreter of all musical idioms from the Middle Ages through to the height of the 20th Century avant-garde. His playing was characterized by intelligence, sensibility, clarity, power, majesty, poetry, and a devilish ability to separate and sustain ...             György Ligeti Edition 4: Vocal Works (Madrigals, Mysteries, Aventures, Songs) - The King's Singers / ...9 reviews Gyorgy Ligeti, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ... Sony, 1997 Picks up where Ligeti Edition 2 leaves off Following onto LE2, which has most of the a cappella vocal music, this CD offers the Nonsense Madrigals, and several works for voice and accompaniment (ranging from piano up to chamber orchestra). To get the works for voice and full orchestra, such as the Requiem, you're directed to Teldec's Ligeti Project or the older recordings on Wergo or Deutsche Grammophon. Ligeti's only opera is on LE8. And ...             Go For Baroque! - The Canadian Brass5 reviews Johann Sebastian Bach, John Stanley, ... RCA, 2010 You can't go wrong with the Canadian Brass You really can't go wrong with any CD by the Canadian Brass; they're such an outstanding group. Because of this, it can oftentimes be difficult to choose which of their CDs to purchase. However, if you are looking for a Canadian Brass CD focused around the more classical aspect of music, "Go For Boroque!" is an excellent choice. Compared to the other CB baroque CD, I feel this one is the ...             Bassoonatics7 reviews Caliban Quartet, Duggan Musica Viva, 1998 Brilliant Bassoonastics This would have to be the best bassoon ensemble cd on the market. The arrangements are stylish and clever, and the performances brilliant! Fraser Jackson must be the most accomplished contrabassoonist I have ever head. This cd is a must for any bassoonists collection be you amateur or proffessional.             Early Music Festival / David Munrow, Early Music Consort5 reviews Francesco Landini, Anonymous, ... Decca, 1998 Ahh, Florence!! Italian culture during the period from the 14th to the 16th centuries was a whirlwind of developing literature and art, and during this period of history Florence was a political and cultural center to rival Milan or Verona. I love medieval and renaissance music. They are the "roots" of the great classics centuries later. One does not cultivate a complete education of art by studying only such ...              search for classical music aventures, bassoonatics, canadian, chanticleer, collection, complete, concertos, consort, esa-pekka, festival, gabrieli, guerrieri, guitarra, instrumental, kreisler, madrigal, madrigali, madrigals, magnificat, medieval, monteverdi, mysteries, orchestra, palestrina, parrott, philharmonia, renaissance, taverner, venetian, victoria 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 Vampire for Christmas home  impressum - about us