classical music: belshazzar

classical music: belshazzar

classical music:

Belshazzar

Handel - Royal Fireworks Music · Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" · Overtures / The English Concert · ...

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, ...

Archiv Produktion, 1995

A Rousing Performance
Trevor Pinnock again demonstrates that he is the leading interpreter of Baroque music. This performance of "Music for the Royal Fireworks" is easily the most powerful and exciting available. I have heard other recordings which in comparison sound like music for the ...

Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis

William Stone, Wayne Baughman, ...

Telarc, 1989

Outstanding Outlandish Choral Works
Leonard Bernstein and William Walton were diverse composers, utilizing a variety of techniques, not only of their own time, but also from the past. Their most famous large-scale choral works are represented on this disk, works masterfully displaying their ...

Walton: Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony No. 1

William Walton, Simon Rattle, ...

Angel Records, 1998

As great a pleasure to hear as it was to make!
Another member of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus would like to chime in here - working with Sir Simon and the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus was a thrilling experience, and Sir Simon's brilliant direction of the orchestra and the (ENORMOUS) double chorus ...

Handel - Belshazzar

George Frideric Handel, Trevor Pinnock, ...

Archiv Prod Import, 2004

ISSUE RESOLVED ON THE EUPHRATES
One question I might find among the more difficult in my life would be - which is my favourite Handel oratorio? I suspect that my answer would generally be 'the one I heard most recently', and that, as I write this, is Belshazzar. It is a magnificent thing, a heavenly ...

Baroque Masterpieces

Tomaso Albinoni, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, ...

Sony, 2002

Excellent Baroque Collection
As I have stated in many of my previous reviews, I am a huge fan of the Sony Essential Classics (SEC) budget series. Most of the recordings feature classic and often definitive performances featuring the likes of George Szell, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Casadesus, Isaac ...

Simply Sarah

Antonio Bazzini, Johannes Brahms, ...

EMI Classics, 1997

Fantastic! Most Thrilling!
This album features mainly bravura showpieces and lyrical pieces. In the showpieces, Sarah Chang's virtuosity is second to none. Her flawless, electrifying accounts of Bazzini's Dance of the Goblins, Sarasate's Tarantella and Zapateado, etc., are very likely the best ...

Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Karelia Suite; Belshazzar's Feast

Jean Sibelius, Leif Segerstam, ...

Ondine, 1996

Outstanding performance of Sibelius' violin concerto
When I first heard this recording a couple of years ago (just after it was published), I couldn't believe my ears; that such a young violinist would be able to perform this challenging violin concerto with such a depth. Not to be forgotten is of course Leif Segerstram ...

Favorite Violin Encores

Isaac Albeniz, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Philips, 1995

Delightful collection
A delightful collection of shorter works for violin with piano accompaniment, some of them extremely familiar, others less so, but with Grumiaux's lyrical style (not flamboyant like Perlman's, but graceful and beautiful in an understated way), and fine accompaniment, ...

Sweet Sorrow

Tommaso Antonio Vitali, Fryderyk Chopin, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

Fantastic Album
This is a great album that I listen to over and over again. It really makes me feel... Sarah Chang is one of the greatest violin players and she has done a fabulous job on this album.

Handel: Oratorio Arias

George Frederick Handel, David Daniels, ...

EMI Classics, 2002

A beautiful recital
For once, I'll be brief. Beautiful singing and playing. Daniels performance of "Oh, Lord whose mercies numberless" is alone worth the price of the CD. Mr. Daniels is a consummate musician and this release further gives proof of that. Lovers of Handel and baroque ...

Hallelujah! Famous Händel Choruses
George Frederick Handel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, ...

Elektra / Wea, 1994

The British Music Collection: William Walton

Robert Cohen, William Walton, ...

Decca, 2004

Tracks listing for this CD
CD BOX Disc 1: 1. Moderato [Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra] 2. Allegro appassionato [Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra] 3. Lento [Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra] 4. Allegro assai [Symphony No.1] 5. Presto, con malizia [Symphony No.1] 6. Andante ...

Last Night of the Proms: The 100th Season

Bryn Terfel, Thomas Arne, ...

Elektra / Wea, 1995

A Powerful Performance of Belshazzar's Feast
The performance made of Belshazzar's Feast at this Prom concert is the best I have heard. Having played in a performance of this work, I can attest to its difficulty, yet the BBC Symphony, Singers, Chorus, Bryn Terfel, and Andrew Davis make it sound effortless. The ...

Grieg and Sibelius Songs

Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius, ...

Warner Classics, 2004

Suttle beauty of music and voice with fabulous artistry
It is a pure golden find in musical recording when you are being able to enjoy such a perfect performamce at home. I did listen it again and again with such a joy. The majical voice of Karita Mattila soars gently above most beautiful music. Even I do not know Finnish ...