classical music: Michael Chapman

classical music: Michael Chapman

classical music:

Michael Chapman

Harrison: Piano Concerto/Suite For Violin, Piano And Small Orchestra

Eugene Moye, Lanny Paykin, ...

New World Records, 1996

Another Harrison Masterwork
I am always surprised at the lack of interest shown to the sublime music of Lou Harrison by the average music going public. Surely people who take Arvo Part and Steve Reich to their hearts can find a similar warmth for this marvelous composer. Harrison is a master ...

Mass

Joseph Wilens, Michael Wilens, ...

Sony, 1997

Albert Batarse
A Bernstein classic. You feel like singing it over and over and never get tired of it. An excellent musical way to communicate with God.

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Choir of St. John's Cathedral - Denver Colorado, Donald Pearson

Gothic Records, 1998

Absolute must-have for the Christmas choral collection!
Having owned this CD for several years now, I've easily listened to it over a hundred times. Additionally, as an organist and choir director, I have gone to great lengths to purchase and perform several of the pieces with my groups, namely: Bring A Torch, Mid-Winter, ...

The Lighter Elgar

Frederick Harvey, Michael Chapman, ...

EMI, 2002

Collingwood's miraculously atmospheric Elgar
It's a shame that this CD includes only half of the original miniature Elgar recordings by Collingwood, released on LP with the picture of a boy & bicycle, which included the most heart-felt and magical performance of The Serious Doll from Nursery Suite (the most ...

More Mozart For Your Mind

Michael Chapman, Antony Pay, ...

Philips, 1997

Smart Music
The creative process is a mysterious phenomenon. Artists, musicians and writers will tell you an array of different sources of inspiration from physical exercise, viewing a beautiful landscape to falling in love. We all have different sources of inspiration, but what ...

Lost in Boston - The Ultimate Collection
Leroy Anderson, Burt Bacharach, ...

Varese Sarabande, 2001

Mozart: Violin Concertos; Wind Concertos

Klaus Thunemann, Michael Chapman, ...

Philips, 2006

Mozart at his best
Excellent recording; As good as the Christopher Hogwood interpretation I oredered in the first place.

Pavarotti & Friends: For Cambodia and Tibet

Luciano Pavarotti, Zev Katz, ...

Decca, 2000

Excellent video....
I am a fan of Savage Garden, The Eurythmics, and George Michael - all of them did a great job with and without Pavarotti.... And the man who sang O SOLE MIO - Darren Hayes (formerly of Savage Garden)... has the most beautiful- angelic- sultry and great voices I have ...

Runnin' Wild

Glenn Miller

RCA, 1996

Swing at its best!
I'll tell you a little story about this CD from Keith Lockhart. I'm a baby-boomer brought up on swing and am constantly looking for quality big band recordings. I bought this album several years ago when it was first released and I loved it. Whenever I played it at ...

Elgar: The Collector's Edition (30 CDs)

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Peter Glossop, ...

Emi Classics, 2007

Great Bargain of Elgar Masterworks and Forgotten Gems!
Like Sony's Stravinsky set, this Elgar set from EMI seems to want to challenge the Brilliant Classics label by providing lots of music for little money. This costs more than the Stravinsky, but you get 30 cds here as opposed to the 22 in the Stravinsky set. On the ...

Surround Sounds, Vol. 2

Irving Berlin, Michael Bishop, ...

Telarc, 1998

Excellent Sampler
Telarc, in the tradition of Surround Sounds, has put together a nice sampler that will show off the overall effect of a surround sound setup. The second track (Deus In Adjutorium: Montverdi Vespers of 1610) Is excellent in a darkened room with the hall setting. ...

It's Christmas Again at Longwood Gardens
Adolphe Adam, Leroy Anderson, ...

Direct-to-Tape, 2006

Music for the Christmas season performed by two superb performers from The Philadelphia Orchestra on the unusual but enjoyable combination of violin and organ.

The Far Country

John Luther Adams, JoAnn Falletta, ...

New Albion Records, 1995

soundscape, texture, melody, and bliss.
john luther adams, a resident of alaska, consistently blows me away with his ability to transplant even the most urban of us to another land, another place, another time. the first piece featured on "the far country", "dream in white on white", is referential to ...