classical music: Michael McCarthy     classical music:     Michael McCarthy      Story of Christmas Michael McCarthy, Robert Goodhew, ... Polygram Records, 1998 A Wonderful Christmas Pageant John Elliot Gardiner has brought us a great deal of wonderful music and has been a leader in what used to be called early music performance practice (nowadays it is just the way the music is performed). Apparently, he came from a well to do family and for some period ...             Weelkes: Anthem Michael McCarthy, Thomas Morley, ... Naxos, 1996 Good music and strong peformances. Five of the pieces on this 1995 CD are also on the 1993 Weelkes and Tomkins anthology by Marlow and the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge on Conifer 74321-16071-2. However that disc, if it is still obtainable, is full price yet this one is budget. There is little ...             Dufay: Missa L'homme armé; Supremum est mortalibus bonum Michael McCarthy, French Anonymous, ... Naxos, 1995 A Great Recording of Dufay's Mass Plus Dufay was the music master of the early Renaissance, and this disc contains his mass setting of the greatest hit of the later middle ages and Renaissance, "L'homme arme", plus recordings of the song itself as well as chants and motets utilizing the tune as their basis, ...             Purcell: Full Anthems & Organ Music Michael McCarthy, Henry Purcell, ... Naxos, 1995 A bargain CD for lovers of English choral music In addition to Henry Purcell's edifying choral anthems, this CD also contains his music composed on the occasion of Queen Mary's death. Listen to this music with your eyes closed and imagine the royal funeral procession to Westminister Abbey on that cold March morning ...             More Broadway's Greatest Love Songs Benny / Ulvaeus, Bjorn / Anderson, Stig Andersson, Irving Berlin, ... Decca Broadway, 2002 Outstanding Collection of Love Songs I have to quickly disagree with those who are looking for more songs crammed in to what is such a breathtaking album of Broadway love songs. The rendition of the songs on this album and the Broadway singers selected for each piece, just are so beautifully recorded and ...             European Choral Music 1525 - 1751 Michael McCarthy, Joao Rodrigues Esteves, ... Nimbus Records, 1998 "Very good to Excellent music" This set was my first excursion into Baroque choral music outside of J. S. Bach and I am very pleased with it! To my ear both the performances and recording quality are very good as I have come to expect from the Nimbus label. I highly recommened it!!!! This same ...             Hildegard von Bingen: Heavenly Revelations Hildegard of Bingen, Oxford Camerata, ... Naxos, 1995 delightfully pure for someone interested in early music this is a good place to start- von bingen's visions speak to us across nine centuries. liner notes are minimal, as is the case with most NAXOS titles, but lyrics in latin and english are provided, which is nice. oxford camerata is ...             Great Musicals Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, ... RCA Victor Broadway, 2001 The Title Is Accurate. I'll be honest - I mainly bought this CD for one song - the new recording of William Finn's "Unlikely Lovers" from Falsettos. In fact, there is a sticker on the front of the Great Musicals CD which states the following - "Unlikely Lovers from Falsettos is new to CD." ...             English Choral Music, 1514-1682 Robert MacDonald, William Clements, ... Nimbus Records, 1998 It doesn't get much more authentic than this! These eight CDs present music by William Byrd, Thomas Weelkes, Henry Purcell, John Blow, Matthew Locke, the little-known Pelham Humfrey, John Sheppard, and John Taverner--all recorded in Dorchester Abbey, Oxford, England, and sung by the Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford's great all-male choir. ...             Schütz - The Christmas Story · Cantiones sacrae · Psalm 100 / P. Agnew · A. Crookes · M. McCarthy · Oxford ... Heinrich Schutz, Jeremy Summerly, ... Naxos, 1996 An excellent recording This is one of the best recordings of The Christmas Story I have ever heard. I am a music collector, so I know what I'm talking about. The performer, Oxford Camerata, is a fine ensemble in and of itself, but it is strengthened exponentially in this recording by ...             A Richard Crooks Serenade Ralph Colicchio, Stephen Adams, ... Asv Living Era, 1998 A truly awesome voice! "A Richard Crooks Serenade" is a marvelous sampling of one of the greatest singers America had produced in the 30's and 40's. One gets to witness that honey Crooks sound in such classics as Ah, "Sweet Mystery of Life" (catch that magnificent High C at the end), ...             Mystery of Notre Dame Chant & Polyphony Orlando Consort Archiv, 1997             Broadway Today: Broadway 1993-2005 Richard Adler, Peter Allen, ... Decca Broadway, 2005             Schütz: Psalmen Davids Michael McCarthy, Johann Hermann Schein, ... Naxos, 1996 Good introduction to Schuetz This recording is a good introduction to the work of Heinrich Schuetz. The excerpts from Psalmen Davids are well-chosen examples of his work. Summerly and his group perform the works gracefully and intimately. The inclusion of Schein's organ pieces is a plus since it ...             Angels of Ecstasy / Heppner, Kasarova, Ozawa, Davis, Sweet Gustav Mahler, Gabriel Fauré, ... RCA, 1999 Angelic ecstasy A splendid collection of orchestral religious music. Soothing, exquisite, and an excellent cross section. Brahms, Lloyd-Weber, Mascagni, Faure and many others with pieces selected for beautiful contemplative listening. A perfect musical elegy for rainy wintry days, ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music 1993-2005, cantiones, hildegard, mortalibus, polyphony, revelations      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: Black Letter On Family Law (Black Letter Outlines)