classical music: emil

classical music: emil

classical music:

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Brahms: Concertos for Piano No. 1 & 2, Fantasia Op. 116

Johannes Brahms, Eugen Jochum, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

Scary
Jochum said this recording was the best thing he'd ever done, but obviously impressions vary. Maybe I had the advantage of limited expectations and a personal crisis the first time I heard it, but it literally made me shudder. The opening sequence, which others here ...

Chopin Edition: Complete Works (17 CD Box Set)

Frédéric Chopin, Sir Neville Marriner, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2007

Brilliant Classics does it again
For some unfathomable reason, pianists love to mutilate Chopin's music more than any other composer's in the piano repertoire. It almost seems like a parlor game to see who can come up with the most foreign interpretation. Tempos get warped, dynamics are modified, ...

Masters of Classical Music (Box Set)

Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Delta, 1990

VALUE VALUE VALUE
I think that this is really one of the best values you're going to find anywhere in the world of classical music, especially for beginners. You're getting 10 CDs, each filled almost to capacity, with the most famous works from the most famous composers in the history ...

Piano Ctos 1 & 2: Essential Classics

Chopin, Gilels, ...

Sony, 2002

Classic Chopin
In the 1950s and 60s, CBS/Columbia (now Sony Classical) had the great fortune to have three of America's best orchestras and their conductors on its recording roster -- Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and ...

Jussi Bjorling: "The Pearl Fishers" Duet

Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, ...

RCA, 1990

The Kiss of Jussi
Bjoerling never misses his pitch, never struggles with any note in his repertoire, never runs out of breath, and most importantly, never fails to makes any note perfectly beautiful. Bjoerling's supporting cast are immortalized by their association with this ...

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas [Box Set]

Ludwig van Beethoven, Emil Gilels

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

such good music
I consider myself a lucky man for many reasons, and one is this box, which I nearly a year ago, and have listened to it perhaps ten times in that year with many hours of pleasure. To begin with, it got me through two of the least uncomfortable trans-Pacific flights ...

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos 1, 2 & 3 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 5 - Bartok: Piano Concerto 2 - Emil Gilels, ...

Tchaikovsky, Gilels, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

A classic Tchaikovsky Second Concerto, plus astonishing Richter
The reissue gods are smiling. This bargain Gemini two-fer contains four superlative concerto recordings--the Tchaikovsky Second and Third with Gilels, the Prokofiev Fifth and Bartok Second with Richter. The conductor throughout is Lorin Maazel, definitely on best ...

Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits

Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Utv Records, 2000

must have
This set is really a must have for anyone who enjoys good music. We are on our 3rd copy- we scratched the first and lost the second in a move.

Schubert: Trout Quintet, Death and the Maiden / Amadeus Quartet

Franz Schubert, Norbert Brainin

Deutsche Grammophon, 1997

Interpretative solvency!
The main virtue of Emil Gilels as colossal pianist was always ironically his main failure: his extreme coldness. But when he played with the Amadeus quartet, something inside him seemed to bright with radiant intensity and his temperament showed us his Dionysian side, ...

William Tell & Other Favorite Overtures

Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops

Telarc, 1990

A Showcase Recording.
In the early 80s, I put together a stereo system that I was quite proud of. A compact disc player was part of the system. The technology was new at the time and quite impressive. The biggest problem was finding programming material that took full advantage of the CD ...

Victory at Sea

United States Navy Band

Altissimo Records, 1998

Great CD!
This is an excellent CD. The US Navy band is one of the best musical ensembles in the world, and this CD proves it! My personal favorite is the selection "Songs of Sailor and Sea". I was fortunate to have performed this piece with a highschool state honor band, and ...

Grieg: Lyric Pieces / Emil Gilels

Edvard Grieg, Emil Gilels

Deutsche Grammophon, 1997

Superb historical achievement!
Emil Gilels temperament has always been at least to my mind extremely cold and even analytical. His powerful phrasing is first rate, who can deny it? . However, he recorded for the posterity two emblematic works; this album and Brahms Piano Quartet Op. 25 with ...

Greatest Hits of the Tsar

Greatest Hits-the Tsars

Sony, 1996

The true Russian spirit.....
This CD has a wonderful combination of the best tunes Russia has to offer (under 10 minutes of course!). Folk tunes like Two Guitars and Dark Eyes add to the Russian spirit. Also a nice war-like tune by an unfamilar man by the name of Knipper. This is his only work ...

Beethoven: Sonataen - Waldstein, Les Adieux, Appassionata

Ludwig van Beethoven, Emil Gilels

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

GODLIKE GILELS!
Did Carly Simon think of him when she sang "Nobody Does It Better?" Perhaps! No One (except Maybe Pollini and that's a LARGE Maybe) is as insightful and clear headed in their playing of Beethoven as Mr. Gilels was. This Disc simply proves he was peerless. Though i say ...

Mad About Piano

Mad About Piano

Deutsche Grammophon, 1993

I love this CD!
When I was only 12 years old, I became curious about classical music, and so I picked up this tape (that was the format of the time), and fell in love with every song. It includes several popular favorites such as Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, Clair de Lune, and Rondo ...