classical music: Theodore Kuchar     classical music:     Theodore Kuchar      Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Concerto-Rhapsody Aram Khachaturian, Theodore Kuchar, ... Naxos, 2004 The Two Luscious Khachaturian Violin Concerti What? Two Khachaturian concerti? Didn't he just write one, the big one in D Minor, the one recorded so beautifully by Oistrakh (its dedicatee) and Kogan? Well, yes. But he also wrote a one-movement folk-inflected Concerto-Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra that lasts ...             Discover the Classics, Vol. 2 Maria Kliegel, Malcolm Arnold, ... Naxos, 1998 Outstanding This CD is worth the money. It offers a great mix of the classics taken from a variety of composers and sources.             Best of Prokofiev Sergey Prokofiev, Andrew Mogrelia, ... Naxos, 1999 This collection focuses more on Prokofiev's ballet works I found it quite interesting that the two main CD collections featuring the assorted works of Sergei Prokofiev have so little overlap. Outside of key works like the March from "The Love for Three Oranges" and excerpts from his Classical Symphony in D Major, the two ...             Kalinnikov: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Vasily Kalinnikov, Theodore Kuchar Naxos, 1995 wonderful I bought this CD on impulse and I'm so glad I did. These 2 symphonies are well worth getting to know. If you like Borodin you will definitely want to hear these. I was worried at first they might be dull late romantic period pieces but Kalinnikov has a light touch ...             Piston: Chamber Music Judith Glyde, Walter Piston, ... Naxos American, 2000 Five Stars for the Performances, Four for the Music Walter Piston's chamber music isn't as well known as his symphonic works, and this disc tells us why. Though these pieces share with the orchestral music Piston's hallmarks--an easy melodiousness that is very American, flexible rhythmic patterns and driving cross ...             Shostakovich: The Gadfly; Five Days - Five Nights (Suites) Dmitry Shostakovich, Theodore Kuchar, ... Naxos, 1997 What a pleasant surprise! It is always a very pleasant surprise to have one's expectations so notably exceeded. As to the composer, I confess to being a great fan of Shostakovich and here, he seized upon a little known and tragic story ("The Gadfly," by E.L. Voynich) which renders a first-rate ...             Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites Nos. 1-3; Scythian Suite; On the Dnieper Sergey Prokofiev, Theodore Kuchar, ... Naxos, 1996             Martinu: Chamber Music Alexander Ivashkin, Young-Chang Cho, ... Naxos, 1996 An excellent Martinu album In an Amazon.com review of a different CD (the Naxos recording of Martinu's flute trio), someone parenthetically took a cheap shot at the pieces on this album, calling them "vacuous and annoying." Well, don't let that idiot put you off this CD. These pieces might not ...             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 ...             Smetana: Complete Orchestral Works Bedrich Smetana, Theodore Kuchar, ... Brilliant Classics, 2008 Smetana's Ma Vlast I have Raphael Kubelik's Bavarian Radio edition, Libor Pesek's RLPO edition and Kubelik's Czech Philharmonic edition. I rate them in that order primarily based on performance with sound reproduction second. However, I consider the latest Kuchar performance with the ...             Dvorák: The Masterworks (40CD Box Set) Antonin Dvorak, Alexander Rahbari, ... Brilliant Classics, 2004 I'm not a music expert I don't know too much about music. I own over 700 cds, but I don't play music and I don't have much experience with this music. My only point of reference was the ninth symphony, seeing as every other piece in this box set was new to me. It sounds fine, nothing ...             Piston: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Fantasia Concertos Walter Piston, Theodore Kuchar, ... Naxos American, 1998 Buswell is amazing! What a wonderful CD! This is the first time I have had a chance to hear this much talked about CD and I am blown away by the sheer virtuosity, imagination and integrity of Buswell's playing. This is a true artist whose mind, heart and soul are completely engaged in ...             Piston: Chamber Music Judith Glyde, Walter Piston, ... Naxos American, 2000 Five Stars for the Performances, Four for the Music Walter Piston's chamber music isn't as well known as his symphonic works, and this disc tells us why. Though these pieces share with the orchestral music Piston's hallmarks--an easy melodiousness that is very American, flexible rhythmic patterns and driving cross ...             Creston: Symphonies 1-3 Paul Creston, Theodore Kuchar, ... Naxos American, 2000 Marvelous introduction to the works of Paul Creston In many ways, the late Paul Creston epitomized the American Dream. Born to a poor Italian family in New York and lacking the resources or financial wherewithal for further study, Creston taught himself to become a composer. His accomplishments are truly stunning. ...             Borodin: Prince Igor [Highlights] Mykola Koval, Taras Shtonda, ... Naxos, 2005 Highlights of Borodin's Prince Igor, and More There are purists who scoff at highlights recordings of operas. But my experience is that when there is an opera that I'm not familiar with, it sometimes helps to hear the highlights first and make a judgment about its overall quality in order to decide whether to ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music concerto-rhapsody, instruments, khachaturian, masterworks, shostakovich, symphonies      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: Prayers for Expectant Mothers: Celebrating the Miracle of Life