classical music: anniversary

classical music: anniversary

classical music:

Beethoven: Piano S... Bedtime for Bonzo ... Managing Transitio... Anniversary

Bach: The Two and Three Part Inventions (Glen Gould Anniversary Edition)

Glenn Gould, Bach

Sony, 2002

benchmark for the initiated
I first heard the Bach Inventions/Sinfonias in a performance by Andras Schiff, which is a terrific album in its own way, should you happen upon it. But nothing could have prepared me for the shock that the Gould performance is. Yet time and repeated listening has made ...

French Suites - 70th Anniversary Edition

Glenn Gould, Bach

Sony, 2002

Glenn Gould Plays the French Suites
Bach composed the French Suites, BWV 812 --817, in his late-30s between 1722-1725 while living in Cothen (before his move to Leipzig). The first five of the six suites were written for Anna Magdalena, Bach's second wife. Opinions differ on the "French" character of ...

The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala

Kathleen Battle, Leonard Bernstein

Deutsche Grammophon, 2009

Yes, disappointed!
I have the "old" Pioneer Classics DVD version, lasting 231 minutes. The "new" DGG version lasts........231 minutes. So it must be the same coverage. I don't know why DGG went to the trouble of duplicating the existing version. Better picture? Better sound? I don't ...

Metropolitan Opera Gala - James Levine's 25th Anniversary

Renee Fleming, Deborah Voigt

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Levine 25th Anniversary
This is a magnificent presentation, so many artists and such terrific performances from all of them, the pity of it is that there have been so many other fabulous performances that have been left out, I have the original VCR issue and there are far more arias and duets ...

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons [20th Anniversary Edition] [CD & DVD]

Antonio Vivaldi, Nigel Kennedy, ...

EMI Classics, 2009

Nigel Kennedy Vivaldi Four Seasons
What a stunning DVD. If you watch this and are not immediately captivated by the energy of the music I will be very surprised. A must in anyone's collection.

English Suites 1 2 & 3 - Anniversary Edition

Glenn Gould, Bach

Sony, 2002

Perfect Performances!
In these recordings, as is custom with his Bach, Gould attains a clarity and preciseness that border on perfection. The Preludes are played with vigor and perpetual momentum (see No. 2); the Sarabandes reflect Gould's great touch and emotion. As a musician, I hold ...

Partitas 1 2 & 3 - Anniversary Edition

Glenn Gould, Bach

Sony, 2002

Twenty years after, the genius still keeps shining!
The approach of Mr. Gould around Bach's music has always generated encountered positions. Many people regard him fascinating, irreverent and original, while others critic him his daring positions, his forced canto over the melodic line and literally don't forgive him ...

Om Namaha Shivaya: Deluxe Tenth Anniversary Edition

Robert Gass, On Wings of Song

Spring Hill, 1996

Deep Peace
I once had the pleasure of chanting with Robert Gass over the phone during an interview I did with him for Namaste, a radio show I used to host in campus-community radio in Canada...Om Namaha Shivaya was what Robert Gass sang with me (MUCH better than I did, LOL) that ...

Art of the Fugue - 70th Anniversary Edition

Glenn Gould, Bach

Sony, 2002

Amazing, terrible, profound...
Gould's final performances of the Art of the Fugue - particularly the final, unfinished Contrapunctus XIV - are absolutely stunning. They are probably as close to divine as music can aspire. His earlier attempt to master Bach's monumental work is on organ and it is ...

Partitas 4 5 & 6 - 70th Anniversary Edition

Glenn Gould, Bach

Sony, 2002

ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING!!
The apogee of this recording is the toccata in e--the first movement of the e minor Partita, S. 830. This is one of the first recordings GG made for Columbia--immediately after the Goldberg Variations in 1955, and made the same year. Bach's "toccatas" contained ...

English Suites 4 5 & 6 - 70th Anniversary Edition

Glenn Gould, Bach

Sony, 2002

MONUMENT MORE LASTING THAN BRONZE
Forget bronze - all of Gould's Bach-playing that I have yet heard (probably most of it by now) is gold-medal stuff for me. However two thousand years ago another bachelor, Horace, was emboldened to claim permanence for what he left to us, and I don't feel it's ...

Los Romeros Anniversary Album

Romeros, null, ...

Decca Records, 2008

My deepest respect & salute to The Romeros
I have been playing the classical guitar for 10 years now, and have been a fan of the Romeros - The Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar. This particular album is released to celebrate the 50th year anniversary of the Romeros Guitar Quartet, which definately is the most ...

Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration

Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

CBS/Sony, 1990

Euphoria on Disc
I was raised on this recording, along with many others of Perlman, Metha, Zukerman and Stern. My mother had this recording on vinyl, and I have been searching for it on CD forever. And here it is, FINALLY! I have never heard another recording that so perfectly, ...

Bach: Singet Dem Herrn! Cantatas 21-30 (Limited Anniversary Edition, Vol. 3)
J.S. Bach, Bach Collegium Japan, ...

Bis, 2009

Elliott Carter: 100th Anniversary Release - Mosaic, Dialogues, Enchanted Preludes, Scrivo In Vento (CD + DVD)

Carter, Aitken

Naxos American, 2008

Elliot Carter is celebrating his 100th birthday still actively composing. Naxos has released this CD with companion DVD as part
Elliot Carter is celebrating his 100th birthday still actively composing. Naxos has released this CD with companion DVD as part of the celebration. As usual with Naxos the extensive giving a background of the importance of Elliot Cater in the classical music world ...