classical music: set (nibelungen collection favourites)

classical music: set

classical music:

Debussy: Clair de lune & Other Piano Favourites

18 reviews
Claude Debussy, Francois-Jol Thiollier

Naxos, 2004

Heavenly music
If you like lovely piano music, you will LOVE this. Great dinner music. And Clair de lune is the missing song from the Twilight soundtrack. Greatly missed. That is why I bought this, and the whole album is fantastic.

The Chopin Collection [Box Set]

30 reviews
Frederic Chopin, Artur Rubinstein

RCA Victor Europe, 1991

The Desert Island Set Of All Desert Island Sets
There may be a way of enhancing your life better than by spending $30 on this magical set, but I don't know what it is. If you want to take your life out of the mundane, just place any of the first ten discs of this collection in your player and settle back to be transported to a higher realm of being. Rubinstein's playing transcends playing - the sense that the music is playing itself rather ...

50 Most Loved Hymns

62 reviews
Various Artists

Capitol, 2005

One of the best selection of hymns I have ever seen
This is a wonderful production of many of the old standard hymns. I would highly recommend it.

The Most Relaxing Classical Music in the Universe

26 reviews
Johann Pachelbel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

Denon Records, 2003

Most Relaxing Classical Music in Universe
Purchased one in a local store and a second online for a co-worker as a b-day gift. Beautiful muscic in this cd.

Forever Vienna (W/Dvd) (Dlx)

1 review
Andre Rieu

Hip-O Records, 2010

Fantastic!!!
I love this album! It's fun and uplifiting. Andre makes classical music feel energetic and fun. I bought 2. One for me and one for my mom - she's a huge fan! Enjoy!

Bach: The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites

29 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach

Sony, 2006

J S Bach & Yo-Yo Ma
A superb performance of the kind one has come too expect of Yo-Yo Ma - rich, sensitive, subtle, and not a wolf-tone anywhere.

Collection 1: The Solo Piano Recordings (Box)

9 reviews
Martha Argerich

MINISTRY OF SOUND US, 2008

Nice package
All fans know these widely available recordings. My personal favorites are Liszt Sonata, Chopin 3rd sonata and the Bach cd - all tour de force of piano playing, very hot-headed, dangerous readings of these works. Try Finale of Chopin sonata to taste. The set is tightly packed box, cardboard sleeves with reproductions of original LPs: so nostalgic. Also the short LP playing times are there. The ...

The Most Soothing Lullabies In The Universe

17 reviews
Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, ...

Denon Records, 2004

Lullabies for the young and young at heart
Purchased the CD from Amazon.com when my daughter asked me to find some soothing music to help her first child relax and fall to sleep. They have and are still enjoying the CD very often.

Mozart Edition: Complete Works (170 CD Box Set)

102 reviews
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bruce Abel, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2005

Fine performances
Some collections of this type -- a composer's complete works -- are pieced together from here and there, old sources and new, and the resulting collection can be uneven. This set brings together many complete cycles of Mozart's works from individual artists and groups. For example, the fine Hungarian pianist Klárá Würtz performs all the sonatas here in recordings originally issued as a ...

Beethoven: Les 9 Symphonies [Box Set]

18 reviews
Ludwig van Beethoven, Andr Cluytens, ...

EMI Classics France, 2006

The Best Beethoven Cycle?
I would give it 10 stars. This set includes one of the best Seventh I have ever heard. Ninth is as cosmic and transcendental as legendary recordings of Furtwangler. A must-have for everyone who appreciates a pinnacle of Western civilization: Beethoven's nine symphonies. Bravo Maestro!

Ragtime - The Musical (1998 Original Broadway Cast)

186 reviews
Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, ...

RCA Victor Broadway, 1998

Best musical ever!
We first saw Ragtime 10 years ago on Broadway and were absolutely knocked out by it. The sets, voices and music just wonderful - we actually wore out our original disc and now have purchased this replacement. So happy to have it again!

Victor Borge Classic Collection

28 reviews

Questar, 2008

Even the teenagers were captivated!
When I was young, I watched Victor Borge with my parents whenever he came on a PBS special. With this set, I can share the laughter with my own kids, and my wife who had never seen him before. Borge has successfully crossed to another generation! So far we've only watched 2 of the DVDs, and they were great. Another review mentioned that there is a lot of duplication. I haven't seen any ...

Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera (Complete Ring Cycle)

86 reviews
Siegfried Jerusalem, Hildegard Behrens

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

Review
I watched Wagner's opera Der Ring des Nibelungen twenty years ago when it was first televised by the Metropolitan Opera and was enthralled by the production. I was equally excited by the fact that it was still available as a DVD. This DVD package met all my expectation in quality of product and the quick service in getting it to my home was equally appreciated. Thanks so very much!

Mozart: Piano Sonatas [Box Set]

15 reviews
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christoph Eschenbach

Deutsche Grammophon, 1999

Yes, perfect
Fabulous music. Simple, direct, un-affected peformances that are a delight to listen-to over and over again. At times the playing is utterly sublime. These performances are technically perfect in a smooth sense - and totally absorbing.

Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

25 reviews
Luciano Pavarotti

Decca, 2007

Pavarotti at his best!
No one does it better! This CD is worth twice what I paid for it. GREAT!

Chopin: Favorite Piano Works

14 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 ...

Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces

25 reviews
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Neville Marriner, ...

Decca, 2001

Good times
I just cant say enough about this collection. It used to be that you had to spend a fortune to get Mozart's best hits; a few on each album. Now, you can buy them all at once and dirt cheap! very nice

Art of Segovia

18 reviews
Andres Segovia

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

genius at his best
When you need a little down pulsing, put on Mr. Segovia and just chill. This is genius at his best.

Cameron Live! (CD + DVD Combo)

4 reviews
Cameron Carpenter

Telarc, 2010

Great album and DVD
This is a superbly made DVD. The interview chapters weren't my favorite; however, the music videos were great. The music is mostly Cameron's own transcriptions/arrangements of orchestra favorites and a few organ standards played on a Wurlitzer. It's highly enjoyable and recommended. The CD is very good as well...though I would suggest mainly buying this for the DVD.

Gustav Mahler: Complete Edition
Various Artists

Deutsche Grammophon, 2010

The Decca / Deutsche Grammophon catalogue of Mahler recordings is unsurpassable. Our major contribution to the celebrations this year will be the first-ever Mahler Complete Edition, a combined effort of Decca and Deutsche Grammophon recordings as an 18-CD supe-rbudget box, with the ten symphonies, Das Lied von der Erde, Das klagende Lied, the song cycles, the Knaben Wunderhorn songs and early works - in benchmark recordings by a great assembly ...