classical music: Stephen Waters

classical music: Stephen Waters

classical music:

Stephen Waters

The Most Relaxing Classical Album In the World Ever, Volume II

Yehudi Menuhin, Jacqueline Du Pre, ...

EMI Classics, 2003

Great music listein to while you read in bed
I have listened to this CD for the last several years before going to sleep at night. I love classical music, and this is great music to help make my soul feel at peace and unwind after a taxing day.

Songs of Free Men/ A Paul Robeson Recital

Anonymous, American Anonymous, ...

Sony, 1997

Robeson at his best
It's hard to believe that most of these recordings pre-date the advent of magnetic tape: the CD transfer is superlative. The songs and performance are beyond reproach. Notable is the imaginative packaging in miniature 'record album' format, complete with the original ...

Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4

Cecil James, Stephen Waters, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

A Master Performs a Master
I'm not much of a classical music reviewer. I've been exposed to a lot of music, but I tend to stick to favorite performances, so I don't have the depth needed to really be authoritative. Except perhaps for oboe, and that's because I grew up listening to John De ...

Russell Watson · The Voice

Russell Watson, Stephen Warbeck, ...

Decca, 2001

They don't call him "The Voice" for nuthin'
The first time I heard him sing I was blown away- in a land full of fat old men siging opera- he is anything but- as easy on the eys as his voice is to the soul, Watson remains one of the most under appreciated artists of the day. This is my second copy of this CD as ...

Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)

Richard Adler, Peter Allen, ...

Sony, 2004

Fabulous for any Broadway-lover
Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a ...

Mozart: Horn Concertos 1-4; Quintet K 452

Cecil James, Stephen Waters, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

A sweet-sounding remastering of these classics
Dennis Brain's universaly acclaimed Mozart horn concertos haven't been out of hte catalog for fifty years, but for the longest while the 1953 sonics were boxy and cramped. So it's good news that in this remastering Paul Baily has amde the orchestra and soloist sound ...

Icon: Dennis Brain

Cecil James, Stephen Waters, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

Wonderful Dennis Brain compliation
Dennis Brain was the greatest horn player of the 20th century and this is the greatest collection of his recordings I've found yet. The famous 1953 recordings of the Mozart horn concertos conducted by Karajan are included. There are a plethora of other wonderful gems ...

Chanticleer: A Portrait

Chanticleer, Ignacio Jerusalem, ...

Teldec, 2003

A treasury
As you can tell from the samples, the music here is amazing and covers a wide territory. It is less obvious that much of this is available on other CDs. I am confident, for example, that "We Shall Walk Through the Valley In Peace" is the same track that you will find ...

The Magical Music of Disney

Elton / Zimmer, Hans John, Alan Menken, ...

Telarc, 1995

I believe!
This music, is indeed filled with magic. Your heart soars with every song,your mind flashing the most vivd flashes through your skull. You find that as your heat sings, it already knows all the words. An album, reminding you of the all consuming joy, when you once ...

Harvest Home

Anonymous, Carol Barnett, ...

Gothic Records, 2005

Exquisite
I purchased this on a whim and it is been in my 5-disc player ever since. I have always loved choral settings of folk songs and hymns (with one exception - "The Water is Wide" should never ever ever be sung by a chorus - it doesn't work, but it is the only track I ...

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 ...

100 World's Best Loved Melodies

Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Madacy Records, 2005

Don't waste your money on bad audio
The songs in this collection are all classics, but they're cheapened by being split into approximately 2-minute chunks each, slightly sped up and faded off at odd spaces. In addition, the audio is definitely not CD-quality- there noticeable clicks and scratches (as if ...

No. 1 Wedding Album

Anonymous, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Decca, 2003

Wonderful Ceremony Music
We sampled a lot of cd's on Amazon before choosing this cd. We picked this one because it had the best selection of traditional ceremony music. It's tough to review because it's not like we have listened to it since the wedding. We only used it for a handful of songs ...

Blue Wheat

Stephen Foster, John, ...

American Choral, 1996

Superb singing matched with superb arrangements
A project like this one inevitably highlights the skill of arrangers, and Dale Warland has selected some of the most talented anywhere. Most of these selections will be familiar to listeners, but I doubt most people have heard, for example, "Red River Valley" in Carol ...

Mozart: Horn Concertos; Quintet, K.452

Cecil James, Stephen Waters, ...

Angel Records, 1997

Among the greatest recordings ever made
In 30 years buying, selling, trading, collecting and making LPs, CDs, cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes and CDs of classical music and reading classical music reviews, I have not experienced another recording that so dominates its repertoire as this one: the 4 Horn ...