classical music: Esa-Pekka Salonen     classical music:     Esa-Pekka Salonen      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Greatest Hits Yo-Yo Ma, Sergey Rachmaninov, ... Sony, 1994 One of the best CD I own This is one of the best I own. The music is so great, hard to explain...so moving, especially the first track. It reminds me of Russia a lot. I listen to it everyday while driving to work. I highly recommend it.             Saariaho - L'Amour de Loin / Dawn Upshaw, Gerald Finley, Monica Groop, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish National ... Gerald Finley, Dawn Upshaw Philips, 2005 Hauntingly Beautiful Opera Kaija Saariaho is rapidly becoming one of the more daring and creative of our current crop of contemporary composers. Hailing from Finland, she has good colleagues in this country who consistently provide audiences with the rare beauties of her compositions. One of ...             Naive & Sentimental Music John Adams, David Tanenbaum, ... Nonesuch, 2002 Postmodern Polyphony Reading this bunch of intelligent reviews for John Adam's work is a great experience. No one seems to be bored by this score and the music intonates lots of different feelings. Personally I find this music a masterpiece. Not because of all the obvious skill ...             Kaija Saariaho: Château de l'âme / Graal Théâtre / Amers Anssi Karttunen, Kaija Saariaho, ... Sony, 2001 How rich the Nordic realm! Kaija Saariaho is well known to Los Angeles audiences as her fellow countryman and music spiritual partner Esa-Pekka Salonen has provided many performances of this gifted composer's output in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's seasons. It is well to hear these two ...             Grieg: Greatest Hits Edvard Grieg, Andrew Davis, ... Sony, 1994 Wonderful!!! I bought this for my husband but fell in love with it myself. I had never heard of it but now consider Edvard Grieg my favorite composer. It is magnificent.             Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky & Lutoslawski Witold Lutoslawski, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ... Telarc, 2008             The Essential Placido Domingo Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, ... Sony BMG, 2004 Great for what it is I agree with the previous poster that this does not contain his great dramatic stuff like otello/wagner, but the collection is a beautiful one. There are some great recordings here, and his crossover stuff(maria, Dulcinea, impossible dream) is very interesting. His ...             Liszt: Greatest Hits Franz Liszt, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ... Sony, 1995 Excellent This CD begins with an energetic Mephisto Waltz, flawlessly conducted with a minute and meticulous attention to detail by the illustrious Eugene Ormandy. The waltz is followed by the first momvement of Liszt's first piano concerto, a foreboding, majestic monument to ...             Flute Greatest Hits Frantisek Slama, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... Sony, 1994 a must have flute cd this is a great flute cd. i enjoy the fact that the cd has many preformers rather than just one. Jean-Pierre Rampal, of course probably the most famouse flutist, and William Bennett, an amazing flutist who I was fortuante enough to hear in person, are both on this ...             Classic Wynton Jean-Baptiste Arban, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... Sony, 1998 amazing Classic Wynton is the most glorious display of musicianship I have ever heard. No other trumpet player even comes close to Wynton. Don't listen to anything the editorial review says though, it must have been written by a complete ignoramus. Wynton Marsalis not having a ...             Credo Ludwig van Beethoven, John Corigliano, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 Great style As a concert pianist myself I can say "Brava!!!" I have heard almost all recorded versions of the Choral Fantasy by Beethoven as well as several live performances. Grimaud's sense of style, rhythm and form is superb! I highly recommend her recording as the best on the ...             Witold Lutoslawski: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 / Les Espaces du Sommeil - John Shirley-Quirk / Los Angeles ... Witold Lutoslawski, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ... Sony, 1994 Music for our time...and for all time Witold Lutoslawski is by now assured a repertoire staple, in many ways thanks to the commitment of Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Of the many giants of 20th Century music few were as introspective and compelled to discover a mode of expressing the ...             Debussy: Nocturnes; La Damoiselle élue; Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien Claude Debussy, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ... Sony, 1994 Gleaming, Radiant Debussy from Esa-Pekka Salonen and Company Fascinating as it has been hearing Esa-Pekka Salonen develop his repertoire during his tenure with the Los Angeles Philharmonic - a repertoire that spreads from the High Romantics through the 20th Century masterworks to the works being composed today - it is still ...             Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 2; Chantefleurs et Chantefables; Piano Concerto Witold Lutoslawski, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ... Sony, 1996 lutoslawski's best I'm a great fan of Lutoslawski's work. That said, Esa Pekka Salonen has assembled a great catalog and sample of Lutoslawski's compositional voice. This work includes the previously recorded 2nd symphony (from the middle period), and his early Concerto for ...             Kaija Saariaho: Du Cristal...À la Fumée; Sept Papillons, Nymphéa Kaija Saariaho, Kronos Quartet, ... Ondine, 2004 Capturing the Sounds of Space and Water and Clouds Kaija Saariaho continues to enhance our contemporary music scene with compositions that incorporate the finest of orchestration of traditional instruments combined with the still nascent classical music manipulations of electronic music. Few do this as well as she. ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music chantefables, chantefleurs, lutoslawski, philharmonic, rachmaninoff, shirley-quirk      toavi.com    web we recommend Hauntingly Beautiful Opera randomly chosen book: Meinong Studies, Vol. 1