classical music: Michael Stern     classical music:     Michael Stern      Beethoven's Wig, Vol. 2: More Sing-Along Symphonies Beethoven's Wig Rounder / Umgd, 2004 A must for Beethoven's Wig fans There are just as many great sing alongs in this CD as in the first. Most of the tracks are very singable (the Brahms piece is difficult). Lots of fun and plenty of goofy lyrics.             Bach: Greatest Hits Johann Michael Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... Sony, 1994 Teeming with classics I purchased this for track #10, which I'd happened to hear on the radio...it stayed in my head until I tracked down the CD. I have a relatively basic working knowledge of classical music, so this long playing collection was an excellent and surprising introduction to ...             Romance of the Violin Joshua Bell, Giacomo Puccini Sony, 2003 Romance of the Violin Great violin work. Take your time to listen to it in its entirety. You will be trasported to the concert hall without being there.             Great Violinists of the Bell Telephone Hour (1959-1964) Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern Video Artists Int'l, 2002 Intriguing document of heroes from the past This is a great video especially if you are a musical historian or if you play violin. You may become frustrated by the many excerpts of full length concertos because the entire concerto is not presented. Keep in mind they were aried live on national television and the ...             Violin: Greatest Hits Johann Sebastian Bach, Alexander Borodin, ... Sony, 1994             Romance Of The Violin (Live From New York In Concert) Joshua Bell Sony, 2005 Excellent performances, both audio and video I was delighted with this Dual Disc. Performances are excellent, both audio and video. Recording quality is very good. I must report some problems with CD side (cracks) on older CD player.             Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Violin Concerto; Rituals Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Michael Stern, ... Naxos American, 2005 Worth Buying for the Violin Concerto's Middle Movement Alone When Ellen Taafe Zwilich wrote her Violin Concerto in 1998 she brought a violinist's perspective to it; she had played in Stokowski's American Symphony Orchestra for a number of years. She chose Pamela Frank, the extraordinary violinist daughter of two pianists (Claude ...             Brahms: String Sextets, Opp. 18 & 36; Theme and Variations for Piano Sharon Robinson, Yo-Yo Ma, ... Sony, 1992 Brilliant, Beautiful Brahms This two-disc set of the Brahms String Sextets brilliantly captures these beautiful chamber works. This digital recording from 1989 features the sextet of Yo-Yo Ma and Sharon Robinson on cellos, Isaac Stern and Cho-Liang Lin on violins, and Jaime Laredo and Michael ...             Sullivan, Sibelius: Shakespeare's Tempest Jean Sibelius, Arthur Sullivan, ... Reference Recordings, 2008 A brilliant first collaboration between Reference Recordings and the Kansas City Symphony features the first modern recording of the suite by Sir Arthur Sullivan, and the best performance ever of the Sibelius suites. First audiophile recording by Music Director Michael Stern, son of famed American violinist Isaac Stern. Dynamic high-resolution ...             Tell Her I Love Her Michael Amante, Charles Danvers, ... RCA Victor, 2003 wonderful Some of you may have read my review of his "operatic album" which I whole heartedly condemned as trash (which it is, since the music is so poorly sung and so badly interpreted), however, this is a reflection of the man and his voice doing what it should be doing. This ...             Stephen Hartke: Clarinet Concerto David Bjella, Felix Wang, ... Naxos American, 2003 A Fresh American Voice As the blurb on the CD says, Stephen Hartke is "acclaimed for...direct emotional connection with his audiences." This does not mean, however, that he's another one of those "accessible" American composers who have foresworn everything dissonant, witty, complex, or ...             Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Violin Concerto; Rituals Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Michael Stern, ... Naxos American, 2005 Worth Buying for the Violin Concerto's Middle Movement Alone When Ellen Taafe Zwilich wrote her Violin Concerto in 1998 she brought a violinist's perspective to it; she had played in Stokowski's American Symphony Orchestra for a number of years. She chose Pamela Frank, the extraordinary violinist daughter of two pianists (Claude ...             Brahms: String Sextets, Opp. 18 & 36; Theme and Variations for Piano Sharon Robinson, Yo-Yo Ma, ... Sony, 1992 Brilliant, Beautiful Brahms This two-disc set of the Brahms String Sextets brilliantly captures these beautiful chamber works. This digital recording from 1989 features the sextet of Yo-Yo Ma and Sharon Robinson on cellos, Isaac Stern and Cho-Liang Lin on violins, and Jaime Laredo and Michael ...             Copland: Clarinet Concerto; Bernstein, Gershwin / Stoltzman Richard Stoltzman, Leonard Bernstein, ... RCA, 1993 Fantastic urban drama backed by an all-star cast Cop land seems to be under appreciated now after being out on the shelves a few years, and it is truly a shame. This movie has some shock value in a couple of areas, and those dynamics were crucial for its initial success in telling a compelling, character driven ...             Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4; Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 1 Anton Rubinstein, Franz Xaver Scharwenka, ... Hyperion UK, 2005 A great recording from Marc-Andre Hamelin Marc-Andre Hamelin has generated alot of excitement. His recordings for Hyperion, especially of little-known works by relatively modern composers such as Godowsky, or of concertos by Busoni and Shostakovich, are of such high quality that he was given the "high honor" ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music scharwenka, shakespeare, sing-along, symphonies, variations, violinists      toavi.com    web we recommend Intriguing document of heroes from the past randomly chosen book: Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads