classical music: lonely

classical music: lonely

classical music:

Lonely

Joshua Bell ~ Bernstein - West Side Story Suite

Leonard Bernstein, David Zinman, ...

Sony, 2001

A Match Made in Heaven
Bell and Bernstein seem made for each other as one can hear in this wonderful recording. Bell's playing somehow is absolutely "right" in it's evocation of Bernstein's spirit and no more so than in the "West Side Story" suite. Special mention should go to Brohn (the ...

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 ...

I Met You, My Love

Hvorostovsky, Orbelian, ...

Delos Records, 2002

Long-awaited follow-up to "Dark Eyes"
Ever since "Dark Eyes", one of the first albums of Dmitri Hvorostovsky, came out, I've been wishing for the baritone to record more Russian romances. Looks like Delos is more committed to preserving this magnificent voice on record more than Philips did. After all, ...

Chant

Gregorian Chant, The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos

Angel Records, 1994

PEACE FROM WITHIN
I can't understand most of the latin words in these chants but the spirituality, harmony and the "music" in the monks' voices are refreshing to the soul. I know that several monks sing but you basically hear one voice. I would suggest that a pocket size book with the ...

Greatest Hits: The Tsar (Russian Orchestral Favorites)

Anonymous, Alexander Glazunov, ...

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 ...

Zamfir: The Lonely Shepherd

Anonymous, English Anonymous, ...

Philips, 1990

The most soothing sounds
I grew up listening to Zamfir's pan flute soothing music, then for the past 15 years, I've been away from it until I heard The Lonely Shepherd while watching Kill Bill. I was pleasantly surprised to find the CD at Amazon and bought it at once. Many of the other songs ...

The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection

Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Caddick, ...

Decca Broadway, 1999

a must have classic
If you like Andrew L. Weber musicals, this CD has the "greatest hits" collection. And Sarah Brightman has an ethereal, voice perfectly suited for these pieces. You won't be disappointed.

The Story of Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Edouard van Remoortel, ...

Vox (Classical), 1995

TSCHAIKOWSKI: 50% POLISH, 50%RUSSIAN and 100% GREAT!!!
Excellent story of Tchaikovsky. All the classics with an engrossing story. Not a dull moment. Fun Fact: Did you know that his name is really spelled: TSCHAIKOWSKI (Polish name spelled in a Polish way, the Russians wanted him all to themselves,so slowly and through the ...

The Art Of Virgil Fox

Claude Debussy, Antonin Dvorak, ...

EMI Classics, 1994

A great program from the world's best romantic organ
The enormous Aeolian-Skinner organ in New York's Riveside Church was built over two decades under the direction of Virgil Fox who plays on this recording. Although it's not the largest organ in the world, or even in New York, it is the definitive American Symphonic ...

Violin Adagios

Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, ...

Decca, 2001

Exquisite collection & performances, unbelievable value!!!
"Over 2 l/2 hours of the world's most beautiful music." These words on the cover are very close to true. What an incredible value this collection is!! So many of these compilations of this sort are cheaply produced, and those "greatest hits" collections are one ...

Wonderful Town (Original 1953 Broadway Cast)

Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, ...

Decca U.S., 2001

a must-have recording for REAL Broadway fans
This marvellous new re-issue of WONDERFUL TOWN is a must-have for Broadway buffs. In fact, this is really two albums in one, as it also contains the rare 1945 studio recording of ON THE TOWN as a bonus! The story is based on the play "My Sister Eileen", written by ...

Very Best of

Placido Domingo

EMI Classics, 2003

If you like Placido at all, you must have this CD.
Placido Domingo has been around for so long, it is easy to take this great artist for granted. I totally agree with the previous reviews of this album; I can also say that I had the opportunity to hear him live in concert on April 2, 2005 in Biloxi, Mississippi, and ...

Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites

Alma Bazel Androzzo, Henry Rowley Bishop, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2003

Popular favorites sung by a fine concert baritone-bass
First of all, we have to recognize that Bryn Terfel is one helluva fine concert/operatic baritone with a huge, powerful, and beautiful voice. (I think any other assessment must be based on nit-picking and misses the forest for the trees.) In the present program we ...

A Total Embrace: The Composer
Leonard Bernstein, "On The Town" Orchestra, ...

Sony, 2003

Where Are You, My Brothers?

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Veniamin Basner, ...

Delos Records, 2003

songs of courage, loneliness, patriotism
Of my nearly 20 Dmitri Hvorostovsky albums, this one is in the Top 3, which has Dmitri singing in quite a different style than what he is most famous for, as one of the great operatic singers of our era, and this CD is far from the "opera singer does crossover CD" type ...