classical music: Martin Koch

classical music: Martin Koch

classical music:

Martin Koch

The Most Relaxing Mozart Album in the World...Ever!
Gunter Piesk, Karl Leister, ...

Angel Records, 2006

Aria

Anthony Pleeth, Martin Loveday, ...

Koch Records, 2004

Incredible music from opera's master composers
If I could give this CD 10 stars, I would certainly do so. Five stars is not sufficient to describe this wonderful work of art. I am an opera fan but I am certainly not offended by these contemporary arrangements which brings these wonderful works to a modern audience. ...

Christmas Rhapsody

Irving Berlin, Charles Gounod, ...

Koch Records, 2004

My favorite of the season
This is the holiday music I have listened to throughout the season, and it is so beautiful I cannot bear to put it away yet. I love Bayless's work at any time, and these arrangements simply take my breath away. His blending of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" with "Going ...

Aria, Vol. 2: New Horizon

Paul Schwartz, Rebecca Luker, ...

Koch Records, 2004

A great follow-up to an outstanding musical experience
ARIA volume 1 was certainly a winner and this follow-up CD is fantastic. I liked the first CD so much that every time I went to the record store or online at Amazon I would look to see if Paul Schwartz and written a sequel. Schwartz selects wonderful works from ...

Haydn: The Masterworks (40 CD Box Set)
Franz Joseph Haydn, Klaus Mertens, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2004

Glass: Einstein on the Beach (1993 Recording)

Richard Peck, Gregory Purnhagen, ...

Nonesuch, 1993

Hard to fault
Before this, I'd only really heard Glass's solo piano music. Where I found his repetitive figures unmoving in that context, here - fleshed out with vocals and synths - they become something else, something hypnotic, beguiling and quite beautiful. Even over 3 hours, it ...

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 ...

Imani Winds: This Christmas
James Genus, Adolphe Adam, ...

Koch Int'l Classics, 2008

`Tis the season to add some rhythm to your holiday music collection! Koch International Classics is pleased to announce the release of This Christmas with Imani Winds, the first-ever holiday collection by Grammy-nominated woodwind quintet Imani Winds. Rather than a sit-by-the-fireside holiday CD, the Imani's have assembled a toe-tapping Christmas ...

Les Miserables Complete Symphonic Recording

Claude-Michel Schoenberg, Martin Koch, ...

Red Ink, 2004

Less miserable!
I have this recording memorized front to back, and when my old cassettes finally wore out, it was time to replace them digitally. Well of course it sounds phenomenal, and the booklet has all the cast info plus all the lyrics and a synopsis of the plot. I can't ...

Babbitt: Around The Horn/Four Cavalier Settings/None But The Lonely Flute/Whirled Series/Homily/Beaten ...

Marshall Taylor, Milton Babbitt, ...

Koch Int'l Classics, 1996

Rich musical spaces laden with expressive possibilities
Babbitt's musical world is definitely difficult and, for some, completely inscrutable. As one of his biggest fans, I've learned to live peacefully with the reality that not everyone understands what Babbitt's music is all about. The most remarkable aspect of the ...

Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 32
Sabine Pfeiffer, Luigi Boccherini, ...

Cpo Records, 1996

Hovhaness: Armenian Rhapsodies 1, 2, 3

Alan Hovhaness, Gerard Schwarz, ...

Koch Vision, 1997

Short, sweet and to the point (who knows from dangling partciples and diminished 19ths)
These are the finest versions of the 3 Rhapsodies ever put on CD. Even better than the composer's own. Conductor Schwarz has a long term relationship with the composer and it clearly shows. He leads the wonderful Seattle Orchestra through ethereal and heavenly moods ...

Anton Reicha: Chamber Music for Bassoon
Eckart Hubner, Sabine Pfeiffer, ...

Cpo Records, 1995

Chamber Works

Arend Liefkes, Erik Winkelmann, ...

Favored Nations, 2005

terry bozzio's chamber music
I think we can all agree (with the other reviewers) that this is not a rock album. If you have ever heard Frank Zappa's album Orchestral Favorites with Terry Bozzio on drums, this is kind of like Bozzio's follow-up to that. Bozzio's orchestral drumming is superb on ...