classical music: Lorin Maazel     classical music:     Lorin Maazel      The Most Relaxing Classical Album In the World Ever, Volume II Yehudi Menuhin, Jacqueline Du Pre, ... EMI Classics, 2003 Great music listein to while you read in bed I have listened to this CD for the last several years before going to sleep at night. I love classical music, and this is great music to help make my soul feel at peace and unwind after a taxing day.             On the Transmigration of Souls John Adams, Lorin Maazel, ... Nonesuch, 2004 Transcendent, yet deeply moving as well After the events of 9/11, composers had two choices, it seemed. They could write Wagnerian sturm und drang, patriotism uber alles-type pieces, or they could be transcendent and sympathetic at the same time. Mr. Adams has taken the latter course, and it's no ...             Nessun Dorma ~ 20 Great Tenor Arias / Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo, Bergonzi, Aragall, Björling, Di Stefano, ... Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, ... Decca, 1998 Driving and Singing This is a wonderful CD to sing along with in "rotten" traffic. All of a sudden, it just dosen't matter that much. If it can do this for me, it will help even the most "miserable" (in thought, word and deed), driver. Worth having in the car.             Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Rapture-Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Deutsche Grammophon, 2002 Rapture Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Absolutely fantastic! Stare into space and enjoy this music.             The Ultimate Puccini Collection Giacomo Puccini, Herbert von Karajan, ... Decca, 1998 Fantastic! This is one of the first opera CDs I ever got. It's wonderful for just about any body;from the newbies like me or the opera fanatics. I especially like 'In Questa Reggia'. Buy it now!!             Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Sergey Prokofiev, Lorin Maazel, ... Decca, 1998 A palpable hit--and, yes, from Maazel Maazel succeeded to the leadership of the Cleveland Orch. after the death of George Szell in 1971. It wasn't a happy tenure, as several of his haven't been. Maazel is a murky character as a conductor, gifted with an incredible ear and great stick technique but a ...             Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (Farewell Tour) Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, ... Decca, 2005 Glorious, amazing, inspirational Listening to Pavarotti every day, particularly his "The Best" CD, is a MUST. Disc #2 was glorious, his interpretation of folk songs is so seamless that your swept along with his joy in performing these gorgeous pieces. Do you want to be uplifted? Buy Pavarotti's The ...             La Traviata at La Scala Angela Gheorghiu, Ramon Vargas Arthaus Musik, 2008 A Superb Traviata This new DVD from Arthaus faces formidible competition from Gheorghiu's first Violetta on Decca; this was her "double" debut, both on DVD and CD. It was her first undertaking of the role and clearly she meant to make it her own. The conductor, Solti, allows for the ...             The Essential Yo-Yo Ma Edgar Meyer, Hector Console, ... Sony, 2005 pure genius No instrument asks more from the soul of an artist as the cello does. Yo Yo Ma shows to be master of the instrument and his interpretations en technique are pure genius. Everyone should have this album in his (or hers of course) basic classical collection             The Pyongyang Concert - New York Philharmonic & Lorin Maazel [Blu-ray] New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel EUROARTS, 2008 Enjoyable Historic Concert! As a S. Korean, who has never been to N. Korea, I really enjoyed this concert and thought the event was meaningful and historic in a once-in-a-lifetime way. At the beginning, the N. Korean audience looked like rather nervous and uncomfortable but as time goes by, they ...             100 Best Opera Classics Andreas Schmidt, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, ... Emd Int'l, 2007 Amazing Value I am so impressed by this collection that I must share my joy at getting so many beautiful arias, duets, et al in one collection. It captures many of the great operatic voices in stellar performances spanning the last 50 years. If you are enchanted by beautiful ...             Strauss: The Best of Vienna Johann II Strauss, Johann II and Josef Strauss, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1999 Repackaged New Year's Concert 1984 with VPO, etc. If I'm not mistaken, most of the pieces were recorded originally live during a 1984 New Year's Concert conducted by Lorin Maazel with the Vienna Philharmonic playing in its grand concert hall, the Musikverein. Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic have had a longstanding ...             Wagner: The "Ring" Without Words Richard Wagner, Lorin Maazel, ... Telarc, 1990 The best synthesis of orchestral music from the Ring If you're looking for a single CD of orchestral music from Wagner's Ring, I'd like to recommend this one. Here's why. Wagner's tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen contains some of the most magnificent, most stirring, most imaginative music ever written (along with ...             Ravel: Greatest Hits Maurice Ravel, Andrew Litton, ... Sony, 1994 Bolero aside, sheer perfection I do not like Bolero. I have never liked Bolero. I don't think I will ever enjoy Bolero. I say this only to offer a reason for my lack of mention of that piece (beyond this, obviously). In fairness, Ravel at least once described Bolero as trivial, "a piece for ...             Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos 1, 2 & 3 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 5 - Bartok: Piano Concerto 2 - Emil Gilels, ... Bela Bartok, Sergey Prokofiev, ... EMI Classics, 2006 A classic Tchaikovsky Second Concerto, plus astonishing Richter The reissue gods are smiling. This bargain Gemini two-fer contains four superlative concerto recordings--the Tchaikovsky Second and Third with Gilels, the Prokofiev Fifth and Bartok Second with Richter. The conductor throughout is Lorin Maazel, definitely on best ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music collection, philharmonic, prokofiev, sviatoslav, tchaikovsky, transmigration      toavi.com    web we recommend Rapture randomly chosen DVD: Belly [Blu-ray]