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Vaughan Williams, The Complete Symphonies Best Price: $33.96 The VW symphonies have done remarkably well on disc. Complete cycles by Previn, Haitink and Tod... | Dvor?k: Violin Concerto; Romance; Sonatina; 4 Romantic Pieces Best Price: $7.17 Beautiful concerto I discovered when studying various famous violin pieces. A lovely work,... | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 / Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra Best Price: $7.39 I have four recordings of this symphony: this one, Bernstein (NY Phil); Solti (LSO); and Slatkin... | Barenboim on Beethoven: Masterclass [DVD Video] Best Price: $10.02 Barenboim on Beethoven: Masterclass [DVD Video]
I am sorry to complain, but one of the DVD is... | Wagner: Tristan und Isolde [Includes Bonus DVD] Best Price: $23.50 This is a fine recording and while one might not immediately connect Placido Domingo with... |
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Music of Sigmund Romberg Best Price: $6.99 Sigmund Romberg isn't in fashion today, but he was one of the founders of what became modern... | Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610/Venetian Vespers Best Price: $7.24 Claudio Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine of 1610 is a monument that straddles the... | Dvorak/Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos - Mstislav Rostropovich, Carlo Maria Giulini, London Philharmonic Orchestra Best Price: $10.88 Slava and Giulini's collaborations of the Dvorak and Saint-Saens Concerti are admirable. Slava... | Bach: Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin Best Price: $5.86 Estas grabaciones de Miltein a pesar de tener casi cincuenta a?os, son insuperables. Si bien el... | Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, Victoria De Los Angeles - Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 9 / ORTF National Orchestra, De Los Angeles Best Price: $6.42 Fine performances of selections not always heard. Sound balance not always excellent, but fine... |
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Strauss: Four Last Songs/12 Orchestral Songs Best Price: $6.18 This record gives some of the best examples of Dame Schwarzkopf's art.
Everything on this disc... | Schumann & Grieg: Piano Concertos; Leif Ove Andsnes Best Price: $4.61 The recording of Grieg' music is painfully beautiful. Not less painfull is to discover the same... | Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano / Barenboim, Ma, Perlman Best Price: $10.07 A wonderful treat to see these three great musicians playing together! They are so intense and... | The Swingle Singers - Bach Hits Back ~ A Capella Amadeus Best Price: $5.99 This is an amazing value for 2 cds of phenomenal a cappella group The Swingle Singers. I bought... | Haydn: Favourite Symphonies Best Price: $12.95 In its haphazard neglect of classical music CDs -- no reviews, no program details -- Amazon... |
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40 Degrees North Best Price: $11.94 One or the best interpritations of the Vals Melodicos we have heard. On Jos?'s part,as an... | Bellini: La Sonnambula (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Modesti, Leonard Bernstein, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan Best Price: $14.38 1) Opera took years to "grow" on me.
2) I became an opera addict. Fullblown.
3) I... | Bellini: La Sonnambula (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Modesti, Leonard Bernstein, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan Best Price: $14.38 1) Opera took years to "grow" on me.
2) I became an opera addict. Fullblown.
3) I... | Saint-Sa?ns: Piano Concertos 1-5; Wedding Cake Caprice-Valse Best Price: $7.93 I've heard Ciccolini's and Hough's sets of these concerti, but this is my favorite by a wide... | Icon: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Best Price: $17.62 |
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Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies & Tone Poems Best Price: $29.99 I will preface this review with one single caveat. I love Sibelius. His music is beyond that... | Mahler: Symphony No 2 (Resurrection ) Best Price: $13.97 The "Recordings of the Century" series is simply a must-own for anyone who loves fine... | Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Best Price: $24.12 I'm sure this recording of Tristan will never be surpassed. The voice of Kirsten Flagstad is... | Karajan 100th - Volume 2, Opera and Vocals Best Price: $135.97 This is a fabulous bargain for people new to this material, but be warned: EMI has not reissued... | Bach: Partitas Best Price: $7.69 Perhaps the most famous piece among Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006 is... |
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Mahler - Symphony 10 / Berliner Philharmoniker ? Rattle Best Price: $5.48 As usual, Simon Rattle ticks all boxes. All meticulously done and calcurated, and manages to... | EMI Great Recordings of Century - Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4/Klemperer Best Price: $18.97 This has long been one of my very favorite Brahms cycles. It is one of the few complete cycles... | Best Relaxing Classics 100 Best Price: $13.93 All of the EMI's series are inexpensive and worthwhile. If you don't mind short selections and... | Piano Favorites Best Price: $1.87 These days many music fans with grounding in good ol' rock and roll have bent their ears to... | The Best Carols in the World...Ever! Best Price: $10.97 If you love Christmas carols, you will find this to be a real treasure trove. This double-CD is... |
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Chopin: Waltzes Nos. 1-14 Best Price: $7.97 I try not to comment when there are this many reviews unless I feel I have something to add that... | The Christmas Album: Vienna Boys Choir Best Price: $8.47 Did you know the boys from Vienna also sing in English? In this album they do. Drat. I should... | Puccini - Il Trittico / Alagna, Gheorghiu, Guelfi, Guleghina, Gallardo-Dom?s, Manca di Nissa, Palmer, Shicoff, van Dam, LSO, PO, Pappano Best Price: $23.00 I heard excerpts from this recording on a transatlantic flight and had to have the whole thing.... | J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Schwarzkopf, Gedda, Streich, Krebs, Kunz, Christ; Karajan Best Price: $13.97 While wholeheartely joining in everyone's admiration for this mono Die Fledermaus from 1955, I... | Bach: Cello Suites Best Price: $6.98 I listened to many performances of the Bach Cello Suites before deciding that, all in all, this... |
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Best Price: $19.97 Before you declare something an antique, that is. The set is readily available in its original... | A Christmas Celebration: Kathleen Battle Best Price: $3.78 Sometimes lovely but marred by an overall sense of caution. Kathleen Battle, who sang with such... | All At Once Well Met: English Madrigals; The King's Singers Best Price: $8.96 I wasn't sure what to expect when I bought this CD. True, I could have listened on line before... | Glenn Gould - The Alchemist Best Price: $10.97 It have a plenty range of Glould's legacy. Personally I hate the contemporary music, honestly I... | Natalie Dessay - Vocalise Best Price: $7.79 I'll be honest. I heard this CD played on Brazilian radio. Had I not done so I probably would... |
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The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever! Best Price: $12.97 Many of these prior reviewers complain that the abundance of operas and vocals degrate this... | Sacred Classics - Messiah, Ave Maria, Pie Jesu, Zadok the Priest, L'enfance du Christ Best Price: $11.79 This is a 2 CD set and is one of my favorites. While this CD contains several pieces that the... | The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939 Best Price: $28.65 I was introduced to the glorious voice of Paul Robeson by way of my grandfather's 78s, and he... | Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Elogio de la guitarra; Fantas?a para un gentilhombre Best Price: $3.79 Wonderful! An excellent arrangement with beautiful orchestration. The title piece:... | Mendelssohn: Octet; Quintets Nos. 1 & 2; Quartet No. 2 Best Price: $6.99 The gem of this collection of four chamber works by Mendelssohn is the A minor quartet. It was... |
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Various - Messiaen 100th Anniversary Best Price: $93.97 | Andre Previn - Great Recordings Of The Century - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F, American in Paris / Previn, London SO Best Price: $5.23 This was a very good rendition. All else pales beside the Bernstein version I heard some years... | Michael Rabin, 1936-1972 Best Price: $36.95 In 1972, with just 36 years of fertile and creative existence, thanks to a brilliant and... | Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 / Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante / Rostropovich (EMI Classic Archive 15) Best Price: $13.97 Rostropovich playing the First Cello Concerto by Shostakovich is fantastic. I think ridiculous... | Korngold: Symphony in F sharp; Einfache Lieder; Mariettas Lied Best Price: $4.38 If you are appreciative of Korngold, you will find this CD quite nice. In fact, even if you... |
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Vivaldi: Violin Concertos (La Tempesta di Mare) Best Price: $8.96 It has been said that Vivaldi's Violin Concerti can give one the impression that he wrote the... | Verdi - Requiem / Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Daniela Barcellona, Julian Konstantinov, Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Best Price: $12.49 With such a fine chorus and orchestra, sensitively conducted by the maestro, it comes as a... | Brahms: Violin Sonatas Best Price: $3.79 I was lucky to see her in San Francisco, April 2008. I have not even heard of this work before,... | | |