popular music: Christoph Willibald Gluck ...     popular music:       Romance of the Violin74 reviews Joshua Bell, Giacomo Puccini, ... Sony, 2003 Simply wonderful listening This is one I could listen to over and over again. Skillfully and beautifully done with great selections             The Very Best of Maria Callas47 reviews Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ... EMI Classics, 2002 Now I understand! I grew up on opera but not on Maria Callas. Joan Sutherland, Schwartzkoff, Victoria Los Angeles, and Mady Mesple (to name a few) crowded the airwaves of our home growing up. I had heard that Maria Callas was THE Diva of opera and bought one of her obscure recordings from a low budget bin while in Paris 10 years ago. It didn't impress me that much. Perhaps it was recorded during her voice decline. ...             Flute Greatest Hits3 reviews Frantisek Slama, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... Sony, 1994 takes you to another place and time! This cd is by far the most beautiful that I have ever heard! It just takes you away to another place and time, far from your worries, very relaxing. I highly reccomend this to anyone who loves beautiful music!             Philippe Jaroussky - Carestini (The Story of a Castrato)19 reviews George Frideric Handel, Nicolo Porpora, ... Virgin Classics, 2007 The Music Makes the Singer... ... but the singer makes the music work! Composers of the 18th Century wrote many of their best opera roles for specific singers whom they knew could make those roles work. Thus we know the identities of singers long dead and obviously never recorded - Senesino, Farinelli, Carestini - and by studying the music written for them, we can get a good idea of how they sang. That's the core method of ...             UltraSound - Music for the Unborn Child28 reviews Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, ... RCA, 1999 Excellent bedtime music!! I bought this CD when I was pregnant with my first son. I started listening to it consistently, especially since I was on bedrest. Fast forward 6 years, and he now still asks to listen to his "baby music" for bedtime, and we own many, many clasical CD's, even ones that claim to boost your babies' intelligence! I even asked him if he remembered listening to this CD while in my tummy, and he ...             The Very Best of James Galway11 reviews James Galway RCA, 2002 The very best of James Galway James Galway is on of my favorite artists and this item is a great representation of his work. Excellent !             O Holy Night / Luciano Pavarotti / Special Deluxe Edition (Decca)18 reviews Vittoriano Benvenuti, Hector Berlioz, ... Decca, 2005 An awesome musical experience I believe that Luciano far exceeded Caruso. His voice reached out to everyone, except for that unfortunate foray into the "Georgio" film. He presented his music with a marvelous flair for detail. We shall miss him, so much.             The Most Relaxing Classical Album In the World Ever, Volume II12 reviews Yehudi Menuhin, Jacqueline Du Pre, ... EMI Classics, 2003 Most Relaxing Classical Music. II Beautifully done, arranged, and selected. All are very good performances, and there are many lesser known but wonderful pieces such as the movement from Shostakovich's second piano concerto.             The Most Famous Opera Arias26 reviews Georges Bizet, Alfredo Catalani, ... EMI Classics, 1994 Great for kids! I'm generally not a fan of music "samplers," but opera can be tough to introduce to children. And hey--even adults played cards, ate, and talked through the recitative sections of the early operas while they waited for the next aria! So I feel that getting kids hooked on opera through great arias probably can't hurt (the next 10 years or so will determine whether I'm right or not). My 4-year-old ...             Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments16 reviews Rapture-Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Deutsche Grammophon, 2002 Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Indeed I have more experience with other genres of music, but am interested in basically all kinds. I have been collecting CDs for nearly 2 decades but had no Opera in my collection. I did a little research and arrived at a conclusion. If I wanted the most and best Opera music for my money, I had to get this title, which is a double album, and "The Most Famous Opera Duets". Well, the latter was a ...             40 Most Beautiful Arias3 reviews Anton Scharinger, Thomas Hampson, ... Warner Classics, 2008 Great Arias! If you're an opera lover, this CD is for you. All the great arias. My wife adores this album.             Flute For Relaxation5 reviews Sadao Harada, Lili Boulanger, ... RCA, 2000 Wonderful! This is a great CD. If you're a James Galway fan, this is a must have. He is, after all, THE GREATEST flutist in the world today. The CD is filled with some of the most beautiful (and relaxing) music ever written. Buy it. You will love it.             The Best Baroque Album in the World ... Ever!2 reviews Tomaso Albinoni, Gregorio Allegri, ... EMI Classics, 2006 Honest To title the album "The Best..." is arrogant and boastfull, however, this is the best fuggin' Baroque ALBUM EVER!!!             Baroque Masterpieces4 reviews Tomaso Albinoni, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, ... Sony, 2002 Excellent Baroque Collection As I have stated in many of my previous reviews, I am a huge fan of the Sony Essential Classics (SEC) budget series. Most of the recordings feature classic and often definitive performances featuring the likes of George Szell, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Casadesus, Isaac Stern and Rudolf Serkin among others. Here we get a variety of orchestras and conductors including big names like Jean-Claude ...             A - Z of Opera (includes 762 page booklet)8 reviews Monteverdi, Natale de Carolis, ... Naxos, 2000 Incredible Opportunity to Hear and Lean About Opera We have loved Opera for years; but, had never been to one. Nor did we know anything really about the composer's or the story of the Operas. This has quickly become our favorite; we bought a second copy for our car and listen to it on trips. As a result of reading the book that comes with it; and, listening to the CD's, we have since bought several full length Opera's for our listening ...             The Ultimate Aria Collection ~ A Passion for Opera4 reviews Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Verdi, ... EMI Classics, 1998 Ultimate indeed If you don't like the idea of buying whole operas, or if you're a newcomer to opera - this is an extremely good collection / introduction, worth every single cent. The collection features many of the worlds greatest singers, giving their interpretations of some of the world's greatest arias. The compilation itself is very tasteful and covers a wide range from Handel to early 20th century ...             Baby Sleep14 reviews Thomas Hampson, Eric Leviennois, ... Erato, 1997 Lovely I purchased this for my daughter because it includes the Brahms' lullaby at the very end. When I first sang this lullaby to her when she was two and a half, she cried. I asked, "Why are you crying?" She said, "Because it's so pretty." We were in the guest bedroom on the second floor of her grandparents' house in Portland, a little bungalow in Northeast, the night before the Portland Marathon. ...             James Galway ~ Meditations7 reviews Jules Massenet, George Frideric Handel, ... RCA, 1998 A Masterpiece I am a college student and I am majoring in music education. My primary instrument is the flute, and my goal is to attain all of the pieces that I have studied. By buying this CD with many different selections has saved me the aggravation of purchasing many different CDs. James Galway is an extremely talented man, and this collection shows off his capabilities with flare. There are selections ...             The Opera Album7 reviews Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, ... EMI Classics, 2002 Best We were looking for a collection to open our enjoyment of opera, we read the reviews and purchased several compendiums and this is the most loved, most played.This one has proved the most listened to. Purchased used from a reseller on this site.Excellent service and quality - a ready made backup with all the notes and artwork             The Instruments Of Classical Music: The Flute [CD on Demand]4 reviews Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... Cobra Entertainment LLC, 1990 Very sweet and pleasant This is a very nice CD, with pleasing and sweet flutes accompanying the excellent orchestra. I play this at work to help keep me mellow. If you enjoy the flute, and especially if you play, then you'll enjoy this CD.              search for popular music baroque, beautiful, booklet, carestini, castrato, classical, collection, deluxe, edition, famous, greatest, heavenly, includes, instruments, jaroussky, luciano, masterpieces, meditations, moments, passion, pavarotti, philippe, rapture, relaxation, relaxing, romance, special, ultimate, ultrasound, volume popular music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Algorithms for Computer Algebra we recommend John Rutter Collection home  impressum - about us