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Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach Best Price: $57.91 I own this version as well as the Nonesuch version. I respect both of them. I owned it on vinyl... | Classics for Children Best Price: $3.66 a simply delightful recording of this classic-I heard a portion on the radio and just had to add... | Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream / Bowman, Watson, Gomez, D. Jones, Graham Hall, Herford, Maxwell; Hickox Best Price: $31.18 This 1993 studio recording derives from a stage production, and it shows. The singers are... | Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress Best Price: $62.98 I agree with all the praise heaped on this recording and only want to say that for me there... | Britten: The Turn of the Screw (complete opera) Best Price: $34.87 As a non-fan of Ian Bostridge and the owner of two very good recordings of 'The Turn of the... |
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Knussen - Higglety Pigglety Pop! ? Where the Wild Things Are / Buchan ? Saffer ? Hardy ? Wilson-Johnson ? London Sinfonietta ? Knussen Best Price: $25.99 Another excellent release from the admirable DG 20/21 series, this time a co-production with BBC... | The Gershwin Collection Best Price: $3.89 | Menotti: The Telephone Best Price: $8.68 Menotti's "neo-Rossinian" short comic opera The Telephone was first performed in... | Aria Best Price: $7.40 I have loved the clarinet since I first heard Benny Goodman play more than 60 years ago. There... | Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss Best Price: $25.91 At a memorable performance of the Tchaikovsky violin concerto by Sarah Chang a few years ago,... |
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Best Price: $7.32 There is something of a wonder that Ms. Flagstad with an utterly beautiful voice can changeover... | Various - The Last Night Of The Proms Best Price: $4.97 These eleven new releases in the Classics for Pleasure series feature some of the finest... | The Complete Works of Scott Joplin, Vol. 1-5 Best Price: $25.99 Don't listen to all those elitists who gave Zimmerman a negative review- his playing is so... | My Figure Skating Album Best Price: $8.99 | Eleanor Steber In Concert (1956-1958) Best Price: $24.32 Those of us who are Stebermaniacs know that the October,1958 Carnegie Hall concert preserved in... |
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Jerry Hadley - The Age of Bel Canto Best Price: $35.84 And this certainly describes Jerry Hadley and this recording. In a previous review, I wrote... | Stokowski: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions Best Price: $4.85 To echo the other reviewers, these transcriptions are absolutely majestic. What Stokowski does... | Dreamer: A Portrait of Langston Hughes Best Price: $5.48 "Dreamer" is unquestionably the finest recording of original songs by black composers... | Britten: The Turn Of The Screw / Britten, Pears, Vyvyan, Cross, et al Best Price: $23.51 I wanted to say something about sex in The Turn of the Screw, but first I should give a succinct... | Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes Best Price: $27.00 At first it seems inappropriate to title a review of Hickox's Grimes as "song not... |
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Purcell: Overtures Best Price: $15.50 | Olga Borodina: Portrait Best Price: $10.55 Olga Borodina is one of the great voices of the present time. Her mezzo is rich,rounded,... | Plays George Gershwin Best Price: $22.75 George Gershwin's best-selling recording was a 1924 acoustical, black seal Victor disc that... | Sumi Jo - Only Love Best Price: $22.09 I like Sumi Jo. The music is drek. Sondheim! Before I knew how Clowns fit into the plot I... | The Mother of Us All Best Price: $23.89 In contrast to FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS, this, Thomson's second opera in collaboration with... |
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Laude: Music of Howard Hanson Best Price: $10.84 | The Best of All Possible Worlds Best Price: $10.89 To commemorate the 90th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth, and the 50th anniversary of... | Eileen Farrell Sings Opera Arias & Songs Best Price: $13.91 What a joy! A shining example of great singing. This is dramatic singing at its finest. The... | Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea; Epithalamion; Merciless Beauty Best Price: $13.99 None of Vaughan Williams' five operas have entered the repertoire despite the fact that they all... | American Tapestry Best Price: $4.20 |
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Samuel Barber: Choral Music Best Price: $5.01 Kudos to Douglas Lawrence and the Choir of Ormond College for learning and recording all the... | Symphony No. 3: Music From: The Voyage/The Civil Wars/The Light Best Price: $7.19 This symphony is the best that i have from Glass.
Es una obra fantastica. Tiene fuerza,... | The Very Best of Kirsten Flagstad Best Price: $10.29 Kirsten Flagstad was a wonder of nature. At the time of her Met debut on February 2nd, 1935 (a... | Victor Herbert: The American Girl Best Price: $14.95 This recording (Arabesque Z6561) is one of three CD recordings of Victor Herbert's music by Don... | Igor Stravinsky (The Composer, Vol. VI): The Rake's Progress Best Price: $19.99 |
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Howard Hanson Conducts Howard Hanson Best Price: $22.99 Stereophile editor uses disc 2 where the conductor Howard Hanson takes the listener through the... | Great Stars of Opera - Telecasts from the Bell Telephone Hour 1959-1966 Best Price: $24.08 "The Bell Telephone Hour" ran from 1959 through 1968. I remember watching many of the... | The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera, Vol. 2 Best Price: $22.99 This is an amazing collection of arias from the early 1900s through the 1930s (there is one 1942... | Spirit of England II Best Price: $23.24 Ah, the rarity of the following statement: This second edition outdoes the first by, well, a... | Dawn at Dusk - A Late Night Recital by Dawn Upshaw Best Price: $10.15 My wife and I are both big fans of Dawn Upshaw, particularly her non-classical performances of... |
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Victor Herbert: Columbus Suite/ Irish Rhapsody/ Auditorium Festival March Best Price: $4.97 This collection of mostly pre-operetta Herbert is full of surprises. He is truly the "Irish... | The Wreckers Best Price: $26.99 | Just for Tonight Best Price: $6.23 This is typical of the radio shows in which Nelson usually appeared (except that the commercials... | Gian Carlo Menotti: The Medium Best Price: $13.29 A recent review of the new opera "The Great Gatsby" compared it favorably against... | Britten: Gloriana Best Price: $23.41 This is a truly amazing opera: poetic libretto, pagentry, a mix of great dramatic confrontations... |
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Michael Tippett - King Priam / Macann, Walker, Haskin, Norrington, Hytner (Kent Opera) Best Price: $20.04 I was thrilled to find in this morning's mail, the hot-off-the-press DVD release of the Kent... | Britten: Peter Grimes Best Price: $17.93 | The Music of Paul Bowles Best Price: $24.24 | A Tribute to Gershwin & Friends Best Price: $8.53 This is a wonderful album. Michael Allen Harrison plays a lovely piano. I wish he would do more... | Meredith Monk: Facing North Best Price: $16.14 |
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Fazil Say, Kurt Masur - Gershwin / Fazil Say, New York PO Best Price: $10.00 There's some rather rare pieces on this CD--including the wonderful cakewalk Novelette in... | In Memory Of... Classics for Funerals Best Price: $12.82 | Fireworks for Brass | John Adams: Music from "Nixon In China" Best Price: $59.99 This is John Adams at his finest, writing with a truly distinct voice. Calling this music... | |