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Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation Best Price: $20.10 This oratorio is excellent. From a musical viewpoint, the orchestration, vocal work, and overall... | Praetorius - Mass for Christmas Morning Best Price: $11.91 This is fully enthralling. As a young man I find it difficult to enjoy such music but I would... | Schubert: Die Winterreise / Fischer-Dieskau Best Price: $6.46 This is one of the best versions of schubert's winterreise.It has been remastered in state of... | Great Recordings Of The Century - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Sings Operetta / Ackermann Best Price: $7.68 A selection of operetta excerpts, some of them relatively unknown. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and... | Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Furlanetto, Upshaw, Te Kanwa, Hampson, von Otter, Troyanos; Levine Best Price: $37.99 I don't want to waste anybody's time by writing a long review. If you like Figaro, this is the... |
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Boito: Mefistofele / Treigle, Domingo, Caball?; Rudel Best Price: $12.74 For over twenty years I had heard Norman Treigle's Mefistofele praised. Not until now did I... | Sarah Brightman - Harem (CD & DVD) Best Price: $14.88 Sarah Brightman has developed her talent for singing in a grand way. Her video performance is... | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore - Great Recordings Of The Century - Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin / Fischer-Dieskau, Moore Best Price: $5.99 I can't think of words other than those in my title to describe this recording. It's so lovely... | The Origin of Fire: Music and Visions of Hildegard von Bingen Best Price: $14.53 At first, to be quite honest, this record did little for me: singing did not sound as enticing... | Tristan Und Isolde Best Price: $24.00 I've heard many of the Tristans which reviewers have referred to, most notably Reiner's 1936... |
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Best Price: $23.83 I discovered Gustav Mahler through Leonard Bernstein's CBS recordings of the 1960s. I remember... | Officium Best Price: $10.68 I came across this album while walking through the halls of the MET in Midtown. I walked home... | The Very Best of Beniamino Gigli Best Price: $10.82 I bought this compilation along with "The Very Best of Franco Corelli" because of the... | Mahler: Symphonie No.3 in D Minor Best Price: $23.99 So some of this is oustanding and thrilling in its own special way. It is pure musical bravado... | Anonymous 4 - 11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula Best Price: $13.88 As I have said in previous reviews about Anonymous 4, the group does perhaps the best... |
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Rossini: Stabat Mater; Petite Messe Solennelle Best Price: $7.52 | Encore Best Price: $6.42 This followed "La Luna." Webber releases his own collection of Sarah music following... | Aria: A Passion for Opera Best Price: $6.60 This is a limited number of arias of the possible repetoir of opera. It is, however, a... | Ellis Island Best Price: $26.37 A glorious concert in a historic setting, with all involved in top notch form. Finbar finds a... | Richard Strauss: Salome [Remastered] Best Price: $18.00 ABOUT THE ALBUM: Richard Strauss, Salome, Recorded At The Sofiensaal, Vienna, October, 1961,... |
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Sacred Classics - Messiah, Ave Maria, Pie Jesu, Zadok the Priest, L'enfance du Christ Best Price: $11.60 This is a 2 CD set and is one of my favorites. While this CD contains several pieces that the... | Arias Best Price: $5.49 There is nothing that breaks down the walls of adversity like music. It has indeed been said... | Cecilia Bartoli - A Portrait Best Price: $6.96 The greatness in art lies in its flexibility and Bartoli exemplifies this greatness in... | Sixteen Most Requested Best Price: $3.94 I received the item sooner than I expected.I am very pleased with my selection,especially the... | The Lily and the Lamb: Chant and Polyphony from Medieval England Best Price: $10.00 Its not often in this busy life that you can settle back and listen to the voices of angels... |
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Tchaikovsky - Eugen Onegin / T. Allen, Freni, von Otter, Shicoff, Burchuladze; Levine Best Price: $18.39 Tchaikovsky - Eugen Onegin / T. Allen, Freni, von Otter, Shicoff, Burchuladze; LevineWhat an... | Mahler: The Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Songs / Bernstein Best Price: $103.19 I feel slightly uncomfortable rating a Mahler symphony cycle, because there is simply no... | Bellini - La Sonnambula / Sutherland ? Pavarotti ? Ghiaurov ? NPO ? Bonynge Best Price: $19.99 I avoided this recording for a long, long time. Owning two live recordings with Maria Callas... | Sarah Brightman - Very Best of Sarah Brightman: 1990-2000 Best Price: $16.97 Like all music of Sara Brightman. it's absolute quality. She has a voice that is so flexible,... | Brahms: Lieder [Box Set] Best Price: $24.60 Brahms's total output of solo songs does not approach Schubert's 606 and I have never known the... |
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The Songs That Got Away Best Price: $6.98 I'm sure this album won't appeal to everyone but personally I love it. The standout tracks here... | Arias [Hybrid SACD] Best Price: $7.21 For those Opera-lovers who first encountered America's Diva assoluta, soprano LEONTYNE PRICE's... | The Very Best of Alfredo Kraus Best Price: $10.67 I do not have formal schooling in music but I do know a great voice when I hear it..what a... | Handel - Alcina / Fleming, Graham, Dessay, Kuhlmann, Robinson, Naouri, Lascarro, Les Arts Florissants, Christie Best Price: $28.58 I'm not a purist.
If a performance is done with great respect for the music in general and more... | Luciano Pavarotti - Passione - Neapolitan Songs Best Price: $6.92 I purchased this as an audio cassette tape when it was released in 1987. I have listened to the... |
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Original Cast Recording - The Phantom of the Opera Best Price: $15.00 With 356 four- and five-star reviews already posted, there is not much more to be said about... | Mario Lanza: My Romance Best Price: $2.23 This is a beautiful collection of songs. Once again it exhibits the depth and breath of Mario... | Rossini - L'Italiana in Algeri / Horne ? Ramey ? Battle ? Palacio ? Zaccaria ? I Solisti Veneti ? Scimone Best Price: $16.97 isn't so much... We have to turn it way up to hear the vocals and then when the instrumental... | Schubert: 24 Lieder Best Price: $8.49 Although everything here represents Schwarzkopf in best form, it's her partnership with Edwin... | Amor--Opera's Great Love Songs Best Price: $6.49 I absolutely love opera music, and this c.d. is great for the most part. However, I am... |
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Offenbach - Orph?e aux Enfers / Dessay, Naouri, Fouch?court, Beuron, Podles, Petibon, Smith, Gens, Cole, Minkowski Best Price: $18.96 This CD should be illegal - everyone from the singers to the musicians obviously had way too... | Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro Best Price: $6.64 Hermann Prey (Figaro) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Count) Gundula Janowitz(Countess), Edith Mathis... | Opera's Greatest Duets Best Price: $6.42 Excellent opera selections. Good range of different operas. The singers themselves are well... | Joan Sutherland - The Greatest Hits Best Price: $6.79 Joan Sutherland is beyong doubt one of the greatest, if not the greatest voice I've ever heard.... | Carlo Gesualdo, The Hilliard Ensemble - Gesualdo: Tenebrae Best Price: $28.85 I've had the original release of this performance in my collection for years, but I'd forgotten... |
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Bernstein Conducts Candide Best Price: $10.68 This CD is broadcasted on the best level for this music. The singers are a pleasure to hear and... | Verdi: Requiem / Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti, Talvela, Solti Best Price: $150.46 Sonic spectacular
I'm a big fan of Joan Sutherland, so I really went out of my way to get... | Cecilia Bartoli - Mozart Portraits Best Price: $3.95 If I could own just ONE Mozart recital disc, it would be this one. (Though Renee Fleming's... | The Best of Luciano Pavarotti: 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection Best Price: $5.77 I love this CD. It has the best songs and my favorite one. I listen to it a lot. | English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals Best Price: $6.61 The Italian madrigals on this CD don't do much for me. I don't know if it's because I don't know... |
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Mad About Italian Opera Best Price: $3.49 "Mad About Italian Opera" is really more like "Mad About Placido Domingo"... | Paris 1998 Best Price: $7.00 The last of the great tenor concerts that is worth watching! | | | |