classical music: rondos - top sellers     classical music:       100 Best Piano Classics Johann Sebastian Bach, Tekla Badarzewska, ... Angel Records, 2006 good selection my cds were standard recording quality an overall good selection. It is sometimes hard to jump from different composers, but the cds flow well overall, an excellent way to catch a masterpiece you might have missed.             Grigory Sokolov: Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms [Box Set] Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ... Opus 111, 2005 Grigory Sokolov - The (Almost) Unknown Major Pianist One of the best-kept secrets in the piano world is the amazing Grigory Sokolov, a man in his fifties who won the Tchaikovsky Prize in 1966 at the age of sixteen. He has been somewhat reclusive. tending to play in Europe only, and has generally not made studio ...             Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music Bela Bartok, György Sándor Vox (Classical), 2003 Best classical value out there To put this set in perspective, for months I would go to my local Tower Records fishing for worthwhile classical CDs at least once a week. One of the discs that sat in the bins the longest was a single CD of Bartok piano music, played by Zoltan Kocsis. It was Volume ...             Classical Kids: Collection Various Artists Children's Book Store Distribution, 1995 Great series, great collection We've had the CDs in this boxed set for over a year now. The Classical Kids series has been wonderful. We have two boys (now 6 and 8) and this has been a great introduction to classical music. At first, the kids loved the stories which provide a sense of history and ...             Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Felix Mendelssohn, Neville Marriner, ... Sony, 1990 A Legendary Recording There are so many things that could be said about this recording. It deserves a spot on any top 50 classical recordings list. The piece and the performance are both 5 stars. Mendelssohn is an undeservingly neglected composer. He is ususally thought of as an ...             Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, Fifth Edition, Volume 1: Ancient to Baroque (6 CDs) W. W. Norton, 2005 The Standard If you're a music student at almost any major school (I just finished my undergraduate at Indiana University, for example) you'll most likely need to take a course that uses these CD's as part of its history survey. For that purpose, this set is an excellent ...             Mozart Edition: Complete Works (170 CD Box Set) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bruce Abel, ... Brilliant Classics, 2005 A wonderful set ! I bought the complete set for my birthday. What a wonderful surprise ! Let's say I did not know much about Mozart's music except some few "classics" (the symphonies, the requiem, some piano concertos and sonatas, some serenades and the operas). I love every piece I ...             Beethoven Edition: Complete Works (85CD Box Set) Ludwig van Beethoven, Florian Prey, ... Brilliant Classics, 2007 Very high quality set - a great buy! I have not found one disc that is of poor quality. Sometimes with box sets that are compilations from various artists, the volume level and purity of the sound can be inconsistent. I have not found that problem to be present with this set. Obviously,one disc may be ...             Andras Schiff Plays Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andras Schiff Decca, 1990 Schiff's Mozart Andras Schiff first made a career for himself by playing Bach on a modern piano rather than a harpsicord and doing so most persuasively. Later, he turned his attention to Mozart, and again showed why he is one of the modern greats of the keyboard. I tend to think of ...             Chopin: The Piano Works Frederic Chopin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, ... Decca, 1997 Best investment to make In my opinion, this is the apex of classical music. You will not find a better CD for Chopin or any piano recordings. There may be plenty of comparable CDs, but nothing can claim to surpass this. Although some pieces are not as good as those by other artists, ...             Music from the Time of the Crusades Geoffrey Shaw, Peter Abelard, ... Virgin Classics, 2006 Recommended despite some failures The music on this two CD compilation is excellent: well-performed, as authentic as modern scholarship allows, and wide-ranging in context. The problem is that for anyone really interested in the material, even as a recreational listener, the liner notes are ...             Different Mozart Bela Fleck, Jeff Leonard, ... Philips, 1996 This More-zart CD should be 10 stars out of five. I have been listening to this CD for quite a while and I still like it. It never bores me. First, the transcriptions are done ingeniusly. Second, all the works are done by different musicians and thus the the play styles are all different. This is really QUITE A ...             Mendelssohn: Sonata for Piano; Prelude & Fugue; Variations Sérieuses; Rondo Capriccioso Felix Mendelssohn, Murray Perahia Sony, 1990 Best Mendelssohn piano CD released For me, Mendelssohn is a composer who often dissappoints. The reason for this is simple: he wrote a vast output of work comprised of several beautiful pieces surrounded by a multitude of mediocre (and almost insipid) ones. In all honesty, much of his piano music in ...             Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Music Felix Mendelssohn, Martin Jones Nimbus Records, 1997 Some of the Most Complex Music of the Period! Mendelssohn's piano music is an amazing body of work and if you are a classical music fan who has not been exposed to it yet, this is a wonderful way to get his entire piano output. Nimbus has Marvin Jones( winner of the 1968 Myra Hess Award ) performing this for us, ...             The Recorder: 4 Centuries of Recorder Music Anonymous, Italian Anonymous, ... Lyrichord Discs Inc., 1998 Excellent overview I was introduced to this collection at an institute of The California Arts Project which focused on teaching beginning recorder. This CD has an excellent variety...using the different types of recorders, and music of different periods. This CD is good for ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music capriccioso, centuries, classical, collection, mendelssohn, variations we recommend Excellent overview randomly chosen book: New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007, Brief (New Perspectives ...