classical music: Percy Grainger     classical music:     Percy Grainger      Aria: Opera without Words Vincenzo Bellini, Percy Grainger, ... Decca, 2007 Not Liszt Jean-Yves Thibaudet's new recording is very pleasant to listen to. As expected, his playing is flawless and endlessly romantic in style; very poetic performances. His selection of repertoire is nice; however, the transcriptions themselves cannot compare to those by ...             Not Sousa, Vol. 2 Russell Alexander, Kenneth J. Alford, ... Altissimo Records, 2008 Another Great Not Sousa Album If you liked the last one you'll love this one. The long awaited Not Sousa 2. Many people may think that JP Sousa is the only man who wrote great American marches and this album drives home the point the first one made. You'll be amazed by all these great tunes not by ...             Frederick Fennell & the Eastman Wind Ensemble: Grainger; Persichetti... Percy Grainger, Walter S. Hartley, ... Philips, 1991 5 stars, if only for "Lincolnshire Posy" 'Lincolnshire Posy' is one of the greatest compositions written for wind band, and this is likely the definitive recording of the work. Frederick Fennell's (the conductor's) full score has become the definitive edition, since Grainger never published anything but a ...             Stars & Stripes: Fanfares, Marches & Wind Band Spectaculars Leo Arnaud, Samuel Barber, ... Telarc, 1990 Some appropriate music for August, 2004. And other goodies. This being the month of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, not too surprisingly, the "...appropriate music..." alluded to above are the Three Fanfares by Leo Arnaud (b. Lyon, France 1904; d. Hollywood, CA 1991). The first two fanfares ("Olympic Theme"; "La ...             And the Band Played On Robert Vollstedt, Sydney Baynes, ... Decca, 1998 Rich in depth, broad in scope This recording is a must for the eclectic music lover. The artistic skills are first class. The sound in magnificent. The feeling and passion of presentation are tops. The selections are excellent. My personal favorite presentation is the use of a concert grand ...             Christmas Present From Polyphony Polyphony, Stephen Layton Hyperion UK, 2004 Sublimely beautiful! Heavenly music, beautifully captured in a location with fantastic acoustics. This is music that needs to be heard on headphones or outstanding surround sound to be really appreciated. Here I am in February still listening to this CD of Xmas music... it's very calming ...             Monumental Works for Winds Aaron Copland, Percy Grainger, ... Naxos, 2006 Spectacular Performances of Wind Band Classics I'm not quite sure why this album is entitled 'Monumental Works for Winds.' Why 'monumental'? Be that as it may, most of the works included here are among the most popular and most often played by good (emphasis on the word 'good') wind bands. Of course, some of them ...             Grainger: Works For Wind Orchestra,Vol.4 Percy Grainger, Clark Rundell, ... Chandos, 1997 The Master of the Wind Orchestra I know of no composer or arranger who writes more beautifully for wind orchestra than Percy Grainger. It is a difficult medium, much harder than an orchestra to make sound terrific. This is probably due to the lack of a single homogenous sound equivalent to the ...             Ultimate Classical Piano Isaac Albeniz, Anton Arensky, ... Decca, 2007 Sheer Listening Pleasure at a Great Price Where else can you find such excellent value offered by this 5 CD boxset which is packed with great piano classics and featuring outstanding artists such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alicia de Larrocha, Julius Katchen, Joseph Cooper, Radu Lupu, Ivan Davis, Shura Cherkassky, ...             The London Viola Sound Burt Bacharach, Antonin Dvorak, ... Cala, 2006 Violins and 'celli. Who needs 'em?? A delightful exercise in orchestration, this recording features 48 violas from the major London orchestras in numbers ranging from Gershwhin to Bacharach to Faure. With the exception of some percussion here and there, a harp and the occasional string bass, these ...             Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Grainger: Irish Tune from ... John Sant'Ambrogio, Samuel Barber, ... Telarc, 1990 Lush 19th and 20th century compositions I purchased this album (first on cassette then on CD) at the beginning of my interest in classical music. This collection is uniformly dramatic and, with one exception, unforgetable. Vaughn Williams' Fantasia is a beautiful, sweeping rush of of sound and silence. It ...             Greatest Hits: Romance Alexander Borodin, Claude Debussy, ... Sony, 1995 Music that stays in your heart and mind I really enjoy listening to this album. I love music composed during the Romantic Era (Composers such as Chopin, Rachmaninov, Borodin etc...) However, I may not like all of Borodin's works but this album is just perfect. It has the best of those composers. Good music ...             American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell Marion Bauer, Amy Beach, ... Cedille, 2007 Great Tribute--Wonderfully Performed This recording is just plain fun! Rachel Barton Pine is one of my favorite young violinists, and this may be my favorite of her albums! Not only is the music exceptionally well chosen, Mrs. Pine's performances are top-notch across the board. As usual, her technique ...             Classics for Children Martin Hoherman, Leo Litwin, ... RCA, 1995 A no - brainer Simply, the best. The best performances, the best sound, the best narration. The best. 'Nuff said.             There Is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890 - 1950 Cambridge Singers, Rutter Collegium, 2003 How sweet it is This disc is a bit different from many of the Cambridge Singers' discs in that it is exclusively secular songs. This was recorded at the Great Hall of University College School, London, in 1986, and originally released on vinyl. I cannot find an analog/digital code ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music christmas, monumental, orchestra, persichetti, polyphony, spectaculars      toavi.com    web we recommend Violins and 'celli. Who needs 'em?? randomly chosen music: Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)