classical music: Simon Vaughan     classical music:     Simon Vaughan      Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits Mischa Maisky, Tomaso Albinoni, ... Utv Records, 2000 A must for anyone wanting the staples of classical music In my years of experience teaching Fine Arts to high school students, I know that the majority, if not all, of the music included on this album is commonly used in collge music appreciation courses. This is an excellent sample of truly all the "greatest hits" of ...             Christmas Adagios Gerald Finley, Adolphe Adam, ... Decca, 2001 One of my very top 5 favorite holiday albums! What a delightful surprise this 2 disc album was and I'm not a big fan of Christmas music. I loved all the selections and felt they were well performed. This is a true "must have" for any Christmas collection. Superior to many other compliations on the market. This ...             Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass / Willcocks, King's College Choir Tom Krause, George Frederick Handel, ... Decca, 2000 Four decades of excellence This magnificent Haydn mass was recorded when period performance was still a glint in the eye of authenticists, a half-dozen years before Harnoncourt's original embarassment with Bach's Brandenburg concertos. David Willcocks was among a handful of conductors who ...             The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! Johann Sebastian Bach, Léo Delibes, ... Angel Records, 1999 Good for relaxing pregnant women I stumbled onto this album whilst searching bit torrent websites for classical music. I don't normally listen to classical music but thought it might be relaxing for my pregnant wife. After hearing the quality of the performances, the arrangement, and the recording I ...             Carols From Clare Franz Gruber, John Rutter, ... EMI Records, 1990 This music makes me wish Christmas season would never end!!! This CD is absolutely beautiful. I can't bear to put it away after the holiday season is over! The voices of the Clare College Singers, accompanied by the orchestra blend together to make a heavenly sound. The songs are so gentle and almost mystical. I discovered ...             The Best Carols in the World...Ever! Gareth Morrell, Simon Vaughan, ... EMI Classics, 2005 Title makes a big claim, but it absolutely delivers... This album provides 2.5 hours of excellent carols, from excellent choirs and soloists, and with great sound. I was worried that a compilation this large, and with such an extravagent title, would be B-side offerings, but that's not the case at all. This isn't an ...             Instruments of the Orchestra Various Artists Naxos, 2002 Very Informative and Enjoyable Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes ...             Classical Chillout Various Artists EMI Classics, 2002 unique movie and tv music selections This cd has interesting selections, some from movies and some from tv commercials. All good, and a few interesting and unexpected ones, like Spiegel im Spiegel, and Peretuum Mobile (my 2 favorites). You won't recognize those names, but you'll realize you heard them ...             Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On Greensleeves, Etc. Kenneth Heath, George Butterworth, ... Decca, 1997 A Most Beautiful Classical Recording! This is one of my favorite classical albums. I find myself listening to it very frequently. Of particular enjoyment is disc two featuring beautiful and stirring works by Delius and Elgar. This is a most relaxing and refreshing recording that will wonderfully and ...             Best Carols 100 Gareth Morrell, Hermann Prey, ... EMI Classics, 2007 2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time for the price of one full-priced disc! Among the vocal groups found on this release are the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, the Taverner Choir, the Bach Choir, and the Wiener Sangerknaben, while star ...             Abide With Me: 50 Favorite Hymns Hervey Alan, Anonymous, ... Universal Int'l, 1996 Inspirational! Majestic hymns sung with British accents. A great combination! I haven't noticed any objectionable sounds on my copy.             A Celebration of Defining Moments in Recording History Jacqueline du Pré, Mstislav Rostropovich, ... EMI Classics, 2004 Interesting, and so cheap! In response to the reviewer below, yes, some of the recordings do not have the best sound quality. But that's not what this is about, it's about great recordings of the century. There are two discs, each with about 18 tracks, averaging about 4 minutes each, of ...             Songs of Travel/On Wenlock Edge/Orchestral Songs George Butterworth, Edward Elgar, ... Angel Records, 2001 Orchestral settings surpass piano ones This release is an important one. Most recordings of Songs of Travel are with piano (Terfel, et al) and convey only a little of the atmosphere of the songs. The really first rate orchestrations are partially by Vaughan Williams and partially by someone else, who ...             Elgar: Violin Concerto Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending and Kennedy: Simon Rattle City of ... Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ... Angel Records, 1998 Kennedy's Remake of the Elgar Violin Concerto This is Kennedy's second recording of this work--the first was with Vernon Handly and the London Phil, also for EMI. That first recording was excellent, though pretty straightforward. This remake is truly bizarre in many ways, yet ultimately the most moving recording ...             Euphoric Classics: A Classical High Ernest Blanc, Renato Bruscon, ... EMI Classics, 2004 Surprisingly good. I bought this album because it had some favorites of mine and what looked to be an interesting composition of titles. It wasn't until I sat down to listen to it, did I fully realize how masterfully it had been put together. Most of the artists on here are well known ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music birmingham, celebration, greensleeves, instruments, millennium, orchestral      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: Dexter the Tough