classical music: Benjamin Britten     classical music:     Benjamin Britten      The Complete EMI Recordings Jacqueline du Pré, William Pleeth, ... EMI Classics, 2007 Passion on strings If you appreciate string instruments of any kind, you need this set. She is unequaled. Especially memorable is her playing on Beethoven's 'Ghost' piano trio, with Pinchas Zuckerman and Daniel Barenboim. You can also see that performance on the 'Remembering ...             David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" Benjamin Britten, Sergey Prokofiev, ... RCA, 1992 Symphony fun for kids Peter and the Wolf is a great way to get the kids to listen to classical music. It's fun and very entertaining.             Arvo Pärt: Fratres Istvan Hartenstein, Laszlo Hunyadi, ... Naxos, 1997 Astonishing Music I first heard Part on my car radio and actually parked my car to hear the entire piece. It was Fratres for strings and percussion, found on this CD. I had never heard such wonderful music before and as a Catholic I find myself strongly attracted to the sprituality that ...             Britten: Billy Budd Peter Pears, Peter Glossop Decca, 2008 Stereo Sound Lack Britten: Billy Budd This recording was originally made in 1966 on the BBC. It has been carefully reconstituted in B&W and mono. Color and stereo would be nice, but the overall quality is such that their absence is not important. Personally I believe the B&W format ...             Britten: Peter Grimes Peter Pears, Heather Harper Decca Records, 2008 A powerful presentation I just got the DVD and was blown away by it. I saw this performance on TV (black & while, rabbit ears, lots of snow) back around 1970 and had fond memories of it. I'm not sure how much restoration the recording required but the video is very good and the mono audio is ...             Tabula Rasa Arvo Part, Dennis Russell Davies, ... Ecm Records, 1999 Fill in your blank slate with some innovative music... This CD started it all. In 1984 it introduced the then little known Arvo Pärt to a new western audience. Pärt had long before made his "tinntinnabulation" discovery (around 1976). Before this pivotal epiphany, the majority of Pärt's work fell into the serialist ...             Schubert: Winterreise & Britten Peter Pears, Benjamin Pears Decca, 2008 Produced by legendary Decca producer John Culshaw, Winterreise is staged (Britten heard but not seen), and introduced with a brief voice-over. The Folk Songs originate in a `Celebrity Recital' film, and offer a rare opportunity to see Britten perform his own music. Bonus interview--Pears and Britten discuss Winterreise.             Peter and the Wolf / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Carnival of the Animals Benjamin Britten, Sergey Prokofiev, ... RCA, 1994 This is the one you're looking for! We took our children to the Santa Cruz Symphony's production of Peter and the Wolf. Since the concert, they have been very interested in this classical music collection and listen to it regularly. We purchased this CD and the book "Peter and The Wolf" by Vagin ...             Bernstein Favorites: Children's Classics Benjamin Britten, Sergey Prokofiev, ... Sony, 1991 No kindermusic nonsense Best 4 dollars spent in my entire life. My 4 yr-old son absolutely loves this CD (in the car, he begs to listen to 'Benjamin Britten's drums' again and again -such whining is music to my ears!). Bernstein's narration is charming, though occasionally his explanation of ...             The Complete EMI Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 1: Orchestral [Box Set] Hans Hotter, Otto Edelmann, ... EMI Classics, 2008 1 of 2 of the most important boxed sets ever released Most people considering this set are probably already familiar with Karajan's work and probably already own quite a few of his EMI recordings. Therefore, there really is no need for me to get into depth with regards to the quality of the conductor's work or the ...             Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op34; Simple Symphony Op4 Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, ... Decca, 1990 Britten conducts Britten British composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) was a master composer AND a master conductor. Not only did he make numerous recordings conducting his own compositions, he also conducted very competent performances of other composers, including J.S. Bach and Robert ...             Masters of the Oboe Sherman Walt, Denis Vigay, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2006 Appealing Junction of Master Oboists & Composers This two CD set brings together eleven great composers: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Marcello, Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Schumann, Britten, Poulenc and Stravinsky with their compositions for oboe. These are played by eight oboists: Black, Gomberg, Holliger, Koch, Mack, ...             Children's Classics - Prokofiev: Peter & The Wolf/ Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals/ Britten: Young ... Benjamin Britten, Sergey Prokofiev, ... Sony, 1998 Orchestra Guide Music Classical children's introduciton to orchestral music; this version is well-performed, and eminently suitable for portable CD players.             Britten: War Requiem Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Britten, ... Decca, 2006 Great music, great recording The review from OperaOnline is piffle. Britten's War Requiem is a great and moving piece of music, a masterpiece, full of wonderful melody which lodges in the mind as much as anything by Puccini or Rachmaninov. As performed here by the composer and his original forces ...             Sanctuary Arvo Pärt, Franz Welser-Möst, ... EMI Classics, 1998 Spare brilliance Spending a lot of words describing Pärt's music seems like defeating the purpose. It is transcendent, haunting, solemn, quiet, and all the other things the other reviewers say. I view it, stylistically, as somewhere between the minimalism of Glass et al, and the ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music bernstein, favorites, orchestral, recordings, saint-saens, winterreise      toavi.com    web we recommend 1 of 2 of the most important boxed sets ever released randomly chosen magazines: Acorn : the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Newsletter