classical music: Leonard Rose     classical music:     Leonard Rose      Kiri Kiri Te Kanawa, Giacomo Puccini, ... EMI Classics, 2001 Brava Kiri! Brava! Earlier this evening, I had a unique privilege in seeing Dame Kiri Te Kanawa live here in Edinburgh at Usher Hall and truly it was a captivating experience, I booked the ticket six months ealier for I know it would be sold out. Dame Kiri has always been my favourite ...             Leonard Bernstein - Mass / Nagano, Hadley, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Leonard Bernstein, Kent Nagano, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2004 Nagano's reading is a revelation I loved Leonard Bernstein's Mass when I first heard Bernstein's recording of it in the early 1970's. Unfortunately it didn't age will with me: years later I found many of the frequent stylistic juxtapositions forced and the musical-style numbers dated. So I was very ...             Mendelssohn: Piano Trios Op. 49 & Op. 66 Leonard Rose, Felix Mendelssohn, ... Sony, 1995 The Best! Mendelssohn wrote several works that can safely be called "Masterpieces." His piano trios are most certainly amongst them. Add to that the famed Stern, Istomen and Rose trio, with their bouncy, passionate and absolutely precise rendering of these classics and you have ...             Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) Richard Adler, Peter Allen, ... Sony, 2004 Fabulous for any Broadway-lover Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a ...             Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time Ultimate Classical Christmas Record of All Time Sony, 2002 Breathtakingly beautiful! Over and over we played "Die Menge der Engel" - - it is stunningly beautiful! The loftiness of the voices, wonderful. We loved the boys/children's choruses on many of the other pieces on the album. Duets by Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavorati - - magnifico! It ...             25 Beethoven Favorites George Berry, George Silfies, ... Vox (Classical), 1996 Beethoven's 25 hits This is exactly what I wanted and I rec'd it very fast turnaround. Thanks you!             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 ...             A Christmas Celebration: Kathleen Battle Kathleen Battle, traditional/various, ... EMI Classics, 1990 A Christmas Celebration: Kathleen Battle what can i say about the best of the best? As always, Miss Battle makes me wonder how anyone else would dare to sing this music after her rendition. A beautiful CD             Carreras · Domingo · Pavarotti: The Three Tenors in Concert / Mehta Giacomo Puccini, Salvatore Cardillo, ... Decca, 1990 The 3 Tenors in Concert This is a most enjoyable cd. The music selection is varied, creative and powerful. I think this concert was so special. I'm not particularly classical music oriented, but I did enjoy this music and have listened to the cd many times over. It is the depth of voices, ...             Leonard Bernstein - Mass (A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players & Dancers) / Nagano, Hadley, Deutsches ... Leonard Bernstein, Kent Nagano, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2005             Brahms: Violin Concerto; Double Concerto for violin and cello Johannes Brahms, Eugene Ormandy, ... Sony, 2002 Op. 102: a symphonic work pregnant of chamber music airs! I won't get tired to affirm that Brahms' chamber music is well upon his Symphonic and Concert works. The true nature of the musical form, the unrestricted expressiveness of his Pastoral approach and the most genuine essence of his musical thought must be seen ...             Schubert, Haydn: Piano Trios; Mozart: Piano Quartet, K. 493 Leonard Rose, Mischa Schneider, ... Sony, 1995 Glorious Schubert!!! The Schubert Piano Trios are among the Best in that Genre.Both the Trios are Large scale works capturing the Drama of Human Existence-The Struggle,Loneliness,Hope,Desperation,Good Natured Acceptance.As Henry David Thoreau said-"Most men live lives of Quiet ...             Song of America Thomas Hampson, Tony Trischka, ... Angel Records, 2005 If you like this sorta thing Here Mr. Hampson is in his element. Unlike his less than viable attempts at Opera, Mr. Hampson is a thorough and intelligent singer of songs. His affectations, so fully inappropriate in bigger operatic literature, work well with the intimate nature of these sweet and ...             Sony Classical: Great Performances 1903-1998 Giuseppe Campanari, Edgar Meyer, ... Sony, 1999 A touch of history.... An exceptional set. The history of music making of the 20th century in 4 CDs. Even from the first track with Giuseppe Campanari and Charles Adams Prince you can see that people put much time in collecting the best interpretations and putting together an amazing ...             The #1 Soprano Album Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ... Decca, 2002 Gruberova's Extraordinary "Mein Herr Marquis", Sumi Jo's winning "Der hölle Rache" I bought that 2-CD set only for the extraordinary performance of Adele's "Laughing Song" ("Mein Herr Marquis") by Edita Gruberova. It is highly surprising (and inexcusable IMO) that a great label as Universal/Decca wrongly gives it to Kiri Te Kanawa, and that another ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music celebration, mendelssohn, multichannel, pavarotti, performances, symphonie-orchester      toavi.com    web we recommend Fabulous for any Broadway-lover randomly chosen gourmet food: Award Winning Farm-Roasted 100% Kona Coffee, Whole Bean, Dark Roast 1 Lb