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Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors Best Price: $17.59 This DVD was created from a video tape of the 1955 live TV performance, so don't expect color or... | Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors Best Price: $4.58 I saw the first Amahl performance on TV 58 years ago. It was repeated each year for a number of... | The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! Best Price: $11.06 Not as labeled by the producer. I am a SUCKER because I bought this CD set as described by the... | Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) Best Price: $35.97 BROADWAY-THE AMERICAN MUSICAL was originally, I believe, a PBS Documentary that can now be... | Glass: Violin concerto Best Price: $4.84 I heard the 1st mvt of the violin concerto last week on an online radio station and I was... |
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Works of Igor Stravinsky [Box Set] Best Price: $33.46 I wanted to learn more about Stravinsky, and this was a great set to teach me. | Rags to Riches: The Essential Hits of Scott Joplin Best Price: $4.43 If you are like me, you do not know much about ragtime music. Educate yourself. Get "Rags... | Copland: Greatest Hits Best Price: $4.55 The music of Copland is wonderful. It's classic and upbeat. It fills our house with... | The Best of Kathleen Battle Best Price: $4.97 K Battle is the 'Nat King Cole of opera!' So smooth, warm and beautiful yet surprisingly... | Leontyne Price: The Ultimate Collection Best Price: $7.99 I need not comment on Leontyne Price's voice, as she is superb. My comment is on the quality... |
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Gershwin Greatest Hits Best Price: $5.34 This is a decent enough recording, but it's not anywhere near the best that I have heard. The... | Purcell - Dido & Aeneas / Maria Ewing, Karl Daymond, Collegium Musicum 90 Best Price: $17.63 This production is beautiful visually and aurally. The music is rich and engaging in the context... | Einstein on the Beach Best Price: $23.20 "Einstein on the Beach" is an epic work: long, challenging, and important. Thanks to... | Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl and The Night Visitors; My Christmas Best Price: $5.63 "Amahl & the Night Visitors" is one of Gian Carlo Menotti's most beautiful works.... | Opera's Greatest Duets Best Price: $4.78 Sound quality excellent. All the big names in the big orchestras; some have said this is rather... |
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John Adams - Flowering Tree (2 CD) Best Price: $22.25 John Adams continues to explore innovative musical ideas, tying them to political and... | American Classics Sampler Best Price: $1.68 This album has become part of my permanent rotation of background music at the office. We don't... | Lost Theremin Album Best Price: $12.03 The Theremin on this album seems to be an awful instrument to listen to over any length of time.... | Michael Riesman, Robert Wilson - Glass: Einstein on the Beach (1993 Recording) Best Price: $35.21 I was lucky enough to get a seat at the Metropolitan Opera House to see the first production of... | Lost Theremin Album Best Price: $12.03 The Theremin on this album seems to be an awful instrument to listen to over any length of time.... |
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Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition [Box Set] Best Price: $49.25 I don't usually write reviews, but I thought I'd have a go after reading some of the reviews... | Leontyne Price Sings Barber Best Price: $5.68 BARBER DOES ALL OF THE ACCOMPANYING ON THIS RECORDING!
Samuel Barber(1910-1981), an American... | Best Classics 100 Volume 2 Best Price: $12.30 Recently I wrote a very positive review for Volume 1 of EMI's 100 Best Classics. This second... | Nancy Williams - Bernstein Century - Bernstein: Trouble In Tahiti, Facsimile / Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Best Price: $7.88 By 1952 Leonard Bernstein had already finished a triumphant decade. His Sym. #1 had won the... | Songs of Free Men/ A Paul Robeson Recital Best Price: $5.74 Really enjoyable set of songs. I never tire of hearing Robeson sing. These songs are my constant... |
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Adams - Death of Klinghoffer / Randle, Sylvan, Howard, Maltman, Boutros, Melrose, Bickley, LSO Best Price: $19.54 This is a riveting production that almost redefines how one can view opera. With the visual... | Nixon in China Best Price: $23.96 The recent production of John Adam's newest opera "Dr. Aromic", about personal events... | Canadian Brass: More Greatest Hits Best Price: $6.15 You just can't beat the Canadian Brass for great interpretations of songs in every genre -... | George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" Best Price: $33.03 When I got the product the third disk titles were all in an asian looking language. I couldn't... | Adams - Death of Klinghoffer / Randle, Sylvan, Howard, Maltman, Boutros, Melrose, Bickley, LSO Best Price: $19.54 This is a riveting production that almost redefines how one can view opera. With the visual... |
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Denyce Graves - Voce di Donna Best Price: $2.99 Ms. Graves' voice is so warm. The sound is so impressive!!! There has been debate on whether... | Gottschalk Festival Best Price: $6.75 Yes, not the very best in the market, but without a doubt
one of the earliest attempts to... | Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (3 CD) Best Price: $32.87 Benjamin Britten's operas continue to grow in popularity as audiences around the world... | Glass: Akhnaten Best Price: $15.12 | A Copland Celebration Vol. 3 Best Price: $6.50 I must confess I am unfamiliar with Copland's "The Tender Land" except for this... |
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Aria Best Price: $6.16 Former Buckeye Richard Stoltzman (although once a Buckeye, always a Buckeye, I guess) has long... | Nicole Cabell - Soprano Best Price: $10.12 Nicole Cabell is an emerging soprano. This is her debut CD. She recently won the main prize in... | The Grapes of Wrath/Live from the Minnesota Opera World Premiere Best Price: $32.19 I sang in the third production of this work at Pittsburgh Opera where we premiered a revision... | Nixon in China Best Price: $23.80 The recent production of John Adam's newest opera "Dr. Aromic", about personal events... | Howard Hanson: Bold Island Suite; Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"; Suite from Merry Mount Best Price: $12.85 Erich Kunzel is a champ. He is often overlooked by "serious" classical music lovers... |
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Adams - Death of Klinghoffer / Randle, Sylvan, Howard, Maltman, Boutros, Melrose, Bickley, LSO Best Price: $19.54 This is a riveting production that almost redefines how one can view opera. With the visual... | Philip Glass - Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective(10 CD) Best Price: $61.93 If you love that Philip Glass sound, this is a good set for you. However, the longer works are... | Leontyne Price Sings Barber Best Price: $5.81 BARBER DOES ALL OF THE ACCOMPANYING ON THIS RECORDING!
Samuel Barber(1910-1981), an American... | The Essential Igor Stravinsky Best Price: $7.60 Sony Music's "The Essential Igor Stravinsky" truly lives up to its title. This... | Humoresque Best Price: $4.95 It is nice for Issac Stern to publish this CD, but I feel his talent should be better used to do... |
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Copland: Clarinet Concerto; Bernstein, Gershwin / Stoltzman Best Price: $6.97 Richard Stoltzman and Michael Tilson Thomas made an outstanding team for this recording. ... | Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Best Price: $23.47 This recording of Porgy and Bess is an incredible performance!!!
The performers sund just... | The Ballad of Baby Doe Best Price: $19.96 I came to Columbia Law School and New York City in 1961 and heard Sils sing Baby Doe shortly... | The Ballad of Baby Doe Best Price: $18.99 I came to Columbia Law School and New York City in 1961 and heard Sils sing Baby Doe shortly... | Samuel Barber: Vanessa Best Price: $4.31 Source: Studio recording made in Ukraine, based on a successful live production in Boston.
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Itzhak Perlman: Violin Encores Best Price: $10.69 One of the best violinist of our times. I enjoyed very much listening to the 2 CDs. Also great... | Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach First of all, let me say that I have fallen in love with this Opera and though it is Glass' 1st,... | Akhnaten Best Price: $42.14 Akhnaten, Glass's powerful third opera, is set in the time of Ancient Egypt. The title role is... | Fascinating Rhythm: The Complete Music for Solo Piano by George Gershwin Best Price: $8.47 Good recording of many Gershwin hits. I think that there could have been other choices that... | Portrait of Susan Graham Best Price: $3.77 Susan Graham is yet another in a cohort of strong mezzo sopranos at this point in time. Her CD,... |
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Glass: Akhnaten Best Price: $13.49 | Vaughan Williams: Over hill, over dale Best Price: $18.98 OMG - This disc is truly extraordinary!
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