classical music: barcarolle     classical music:     Barcarolle      Dinner Classics: The Italian Album Keith Marjoram, Luigi Boccherini, ... Sony, 1990 Bravo! I heard this album for the first time at a restuarant in Florence during my trip to Italy. I was surprised it was from the US beacause it has captured the very soul of Italy. After 7 years it has remained my favorite of all Puccini cds I own. I especially like the ...             Tuscany Anonymous, Ludwig van Beethoven, ... Denon Records, 2004 A great cd The music selection makes us play the cd over and over. A great setting for the cd. The vocals really make the cd.             Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Rapture-Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Deutsche Grammophon, 2002 Heavenly music This is a wonderful background for any tension realeasing activity, like reading a book. So glad I purchased it.             A Window in Time: Rachmaninoff Performs His Solo Piano Works Sergei Rachmaninoff, Wayne Stahnke Telarc, 1998 Rachmaninov performing his own piano pieces Not only was Rachmaninov a wonderful composer he was also an amazing pianist. His album A Window in Time: Rachmaninov Performs His Solo Piano Works demonstrates his extraordinary combination of both technical skill and his intensely personal artistry. Rachmaniov is ...             The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever! Ernest Blanc, Robert Massard, ... Angel Records, 1999 Great for the amateur Opera listener As a long time armchair Opera listener I'm shocked that I hadn't come across this album until recently. I'm not really an Opera connoisseur so my review is based on just the fact that I love Opera, but mostly by listening to arias or occasionally going to the Opera. ...             Debut Recital / Martha Argerich Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1996 WOW! Absolutely stunning! I just bought this disc and was blown away by it. It was everything I thought it would be and then some. It has to be one of the great piano recital CDs of all time. I can't imagine anyone being disappointed with this.             Chopin: Favorite Piano Works Frederic Chopin, Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca, 1996 Why are you waiting? Ashkenazy is one of the titans of Chopin. Davidovich and Arrau are the other two. They're all you need. Get Davidovich for the concertos, (inlcuding the Krakowiak--Op 14), Arrau for the nocturnes and a few micscellaneous pieces. Ashkenazy handles everything else. ...             Reflections of Spain: Spanish Favorites for Guitar David Russell, Isaac Albeniz, ... Telarc, 2002 The Best This is the best Spanish guitar CDs that I have found. Even with "Essential Guitar: 33 Guitar Masterpieces" having more tracks and two CDs, this is better material. I am not saying that "33 Guitar Masterpiece" was bad, I actually rate it second. No need to skip ...             The #1 Opera Album Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, ... Decca, 2001 great collection If one was wanting to introduce a friend to the wonderful world of opera, this would be a great cd to buy them. Also at this time when many of us are worrying about Luciano and his health , it is great to hear him featured on many of the selections. A great buy and ...             The Chopin Collection Frederic Chopin, Artur Rubinstein RCA Victor Europe, 1991 The ultimate interpretation The ultimate way to apreciate the work of Chopin. powerful then again delicate. Sublime piano by Rubinstein. Curacao, apri1 14th 2008             Opera without Words Georges Bizet, Engelbert Humperdinck, ... Sony, 1989 opera without words Great cd. I love opera, but sometimes it's nice without the singing too. Beautiful orchestration.             Kapell Rediscovered Thomas Arne, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... RCA, 2008 Are There Still More? When I first listened to this recording (it came two days ago) I thought that Kapell's sound was agressive, (it is), he rushed (he does) and that his sense of proportion was often out of whack with what's really going on (sometimes it definitely is). But when all was ...             Beyond Imagination Opera Babes Sony, 2003 ANGELS PEFECTLY BALANCED VOICES WITH GREAT HARMONY. WISH THEY WOULD DO MORE OPERA. (LOTS OF OPORTUNITIES FOR DUETS)             Icon: Dinu Lipatti Johann Sebastian Bach, Bela Bartok, ... EMI Classics, 2008 Dinu Lipatti- The Master Pianist plays Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Grieg, Schumann, Bartok and Schubert on this seven CD set. Dinu Lipatti (1917- 1950 ) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was tragically cut short by his death from Hodgkin's disease at age 33. Despite his short career and a relatively small recorded legacy, ...             Essential Tchaikovsky Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, ... Decca, 2002 Best of the best There's something for every Tchaikovsky lover on this disc. From Swan Lake to Onegin, many of Tchaikovsky's most-known melodies are on this disc. I'd have preferred more than an excerpt of the first movement of Piano Concerto No. 1, but this disc is a great ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music collection, imagination, rachmaninoff, rediscovered, reflections, tchaikovsky      toavi.com    web we recommend Heavenly music randomly chosen book: C Primer Plus (5th Edition)