classical music: fantastic     classical music:     Fantastic      Shostakovich: Piano Works Dmitry Shostakovich, Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca, 2004 Infrequently Heard Shostakovich Works for Piano For those who are devoted to the symphonic works, the string quartets, the operas, and the concerti by Dmitri Shostakovich this album is a must for the collection. Not only are there excellent samplings of his works written expressly for the piano, bu there are also ...             Fantastic Philadelphians Johannes Brahms, Emmanuel Chabrier, ... RCA, 1999 Fanstastic? Oh yes! indeed!! No excessive motion, no exaggerated sound effect, just steadily well-balanced performance. This is the way Ormandy has always been towards his recording. Nevertheless, sound quality is superme, bold and full of layer. This album, seemingly designed to appetite the ...             Suk: Summer Tale / Fantastic Scherzo - Charles Mackerras / Czech Philharmonic Josef Suk, Sir Charles Mackerras, ... Decca, 2000 Enticed by Fantastic Scherzo, Moved by A Summer Tale Like many classical music lovers, I was more familiar with Joseph Suk's biography than I was with his music. His happy years as a husband with a famous father-in-law (Antonin Dvorak) and the loss he felt when his wife died is a somewhat well known tale, as is the ...             Strauss: Orchestral Works Wolfgang Liebscher, Manfred Weise, ... EMI Classics, 1999 Outstanding performances Rudolf Kempe's interpretations of Richard Strauss orchestral works (almost complete - one miss the orchestral songs) have been classic recordings since they first appeared on record in the early seventies (1970-75). Especially fine are his interpretations of the ...             Jacqueline du Pré - The Concerto Collection Edward Elgar, Joseph Haydn, ... EMI Classics, 2000 Great performances, by one of the greatest cellists! If there is one word for describing Jacqueline du Pre, it is MUSIC. She was the embodiment of music itself, because she gave all to the music she played. Some do not like her playing because it is too emotional. I echo the other reviewer's sentiments in that music is ...             The Fantastic Leopold Stokowski: Transcriptions For Orchestra Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... Telarc, 2002 A MUST HAVE!!! Buy two you might ware this CD out. Arranged by the greatest, conducted by one of the greatest, and performed by the best you could not ask for anything more. These performances will inspire forever. Five stars do not do this music compilation justice!             Strauss: Don Quixote; Schumann: Cello Concerto / Rostropovich, Karajan, et al Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss, ... EMI Classics, 1999 Just plain fantastic! The recording of Strauss' Don Quixote is outstanding. Rostropovich did a wonderful job being the crazed knight and bringing the listener right into the story. Karajan does, as usual, a wonderful job keeping the Berlin Philharmonic intact. The real jewel to this CD ...             Trombone Soloist of the Sousa Band Stephen Adams, Egbert van Alstyne, ... Crystal Records, 1997 Important Historical Recordings: the First Great Trombonist! This CD is a compilation of only a very few of the literally thousands of recordings Arthur Pryor made as a trombonist during a span of about 20 years. Since they date to the earliest days of recording technology--all of the works here are from 1901-1911--the sound ...             Shostakovich: Piano Concertos; 3 Fantastic Dances; 5 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87 Dmitry Shostakovich, Andre Cluytens, ... EMI Classics, 2003 Shostakovich plays Shostakovich - SUPERB!!! It's always a joy to hear a composer's own interpretation of his music. In the case of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, getting to hear him play his own piano concertos as well as several Preludes and Fugues is nothing short of breathtaking. While the ...             Strauss: Don Quixote / Karajan, Fournier Richard Strauss, Herbert von Karajan, ... Dg Imports, 1998 The Best Quixote? -- Close This is a terrific disc from the DG Originals series featuring noted Straussian Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. Of the nine accounts I currently own of Strauss' "Don Quixote," I feel this 1965 performance with cellist Pierre Fournier is one of the ...             Joseph Alessi: Illuminations Eric Cook, Johan De Meij, ... Summit(Classical), 2004 Joe's the man! Great interpretations of early 20th century "concert in the park" type solo pieces of Pryor and Simons. The de Meij is a particularly interesting newer piece, and is, as always, expertly performed by Mr. Alessi.             Dvorak & Suk: Small orchestral pieces Antonin Dvorak, Josef (composer) Suk, ... Supraphon, 2000 Musical Selections are Superb! There could not be a better choice of Czech music than you'll find in this album, and the performaces are as exciting as the pieces. The only reason I can't give it a full 5 stars is that the fidelity isn't quite at the superior level -- something I've noticed with ...             Strauss: Don Quixote; Lalo: Cello Concerto Jacqueline du Pré, Edouard Lalo, ... Angel Records, 1996 A rehearsal turns into a gem in du Pre's discography The notes tell the story of how this air-check of a rehearsal came about. Du Pre was scheduled to play Don Quixote udner Klemperer, who became ill. Boult stepped in, and as the rehearsal began, an engineer thought to turn on the tape recorder in the contorl booth. As ...             Strauss: Don Quixote; Schoenberg: Concerto Yo-Yo Ma, Arnold Schoenberg, ... Sony, 1990 Stunning Strauss Yo-Yo Ma gives a wonderful, sensitive performance that has me crying at the end, every time I hear it. The Schoenberg piece is moderately interesting, but I bought this for Strauss' DON QUIXOTE.             Strauss: Don Quixote; Tod Und Verklärung Richard Strauss, James Levine, ... Deutsche Grammophon / Polygram Records, 1996 Tod und Verklarung - Death blow, oh my god! Into sixth minute, bang! The bass drum strike will raise you out of the grave (in this case couch). The whole TUV is of greatest recording repertoir of Strauss. This modern recording has more ambience and subtelty that I missed hearing in Karajan which is the best. I ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music illuminations, philadelphians, philharmonic, rostropovich, shostakovich, transcriptions      toavi.com    web we recommend Tod und Verklarung - Death blow, oh my god! randomly chosen book: Forever Amber Brown