classical music: prey

classical music: prey

classical music:

Prey

Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy-My Favourite Opera For Children

Robert Massard, Sherrill Milnes, ...

Decca, 1994

Fun, accessible opera for you and your child to enjoy
I bought this CD for my then 3 year old son. He loved it then because it was the "Bugs Bunny" music he was familiar with from the cartoons. He listened to it for awhile then we put it away. After he turned 4, he said to me one day -- let's listen to opera, and now ...

Classical Masterpieces of the Millennium [20 CD Set]

Hermann Prey, Miklos Perenyi, ...

Delta, 1999

Y'all ain't ready
I bought this set wanting an introduction to a bunch of composers, many of whom I have heard very little if not nothing at all from, and expected to enjoy about half of the discs in this set. What I did not prepare for was having my rear end rocked off by one great ...

Beethoven Edition: Complete Works (85CD Box Set)

Ludwig van Beethoven, Florian Prey, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2007

Great price for every note written by Beethoven
I have the complete sets for Mozart and Bach too. Overall they pick pretty good versions of each piece, but at this price, you can use it as reference to fill out with specific artist, later. This is compact in packaging and a great gift for people in apartments or ...

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karl Bohm

Deutsche Grammophon, 1997

Love, Reconciliation, and the Human Comedy
Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" has its basis in the old comedia d'arte and in opera buffa. In Figaro, Mozart combined these comic, playful elements with themes of seriousness, as his music explored human frailty, character, love, and forgiveness. The ...

Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces

Fritz Dolezal, Franklin Cohen, ...

Decca, 2001

Mozart for Babies
While reading Oliver Sack's book, Musicophilia, about the neuroscience of music illustrated through cases of neurological disability that knocked out areas of the brain involved in music perception and creation, I learned that children listening to Mozart developed ...

Humperdinck - Hansel und Gretel (1981)

Edita Gruberova, Brigitte Fassbaender

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

Enchanting
Before watching this, put aside your critical eye and relax so you can be carried along with the magic. It is, as the other reviewers have said, beautifully done. But you watch this opera to be enchanted - let it happen. It starts with the overture - the camera ...

Christmas Album: Original Masters

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2003

Great music and an astonishing amount of it!
The business folks at DG must have a soft spot for Christmas music, probably leftover goodwill from growing up with caroling in the snow. Certainly the German language nations seem to have excelled in producing a wealth of Christmas tunes, jingles, chorales, hymns, and ...

Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Hermann Prey, Mirella Freni

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

better than I could ever have hoped
I am not a great opera fan, but I love Mozart and really wanted to hear the whole Marriage of Figaro beyond the too-familiar overture. I read the reviews on this one and it seemed more like a movie than a Brunhilda endurathon. BOY DID I FIND A GOOD ONE! If ratings ...

Johann Strauss - Die Fledermaus / Domingo, Te Kanawa, Prey, Royal Opera Covent Garden

Kiri Te Kanawa, Hermann Prey

Warner Music Group Germany, 2003

Die Fledermaus
Although the performance dates from the 1980s the DVD is visually and technically quite satisfactory. The DVD I ordered suffered from two or three brief interruptions. It was a gift to a relative and I wasn't able to determine whether the problem was with the disc or ...

Christmas With the Vienna Choir Boys/Placido Domingo/Hermann Prey

Anonymous, Ritson Manscript Anonymous, ...

RCA, 1990

Best CD I own
I have purchased and listened to about 15 CD's performed by the Vienna Boys' Choir. I enjoy them all, but this one stands out as my favorite. It is not a collection of traditional Christmas music as you might expect, but one section of Latin mass by Mozart (sung in ...

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Highlights)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karl Bohm, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

"Che belle voci!"
This recording is fantastic. Bohm is a lively, exciting conductor who can also make one wet-eyed in the final scene. Prey has the perfect blend of mischievousness and richness of sound for Figaro's character, and he is well-matched by Edith Mathis as Susanna who is ...

Best Carols 100

Gareth Morrell, Hermann Prey, ...

EMI Classics, 2007

Unbelievable bargain
I agree with the initial reviewer's comments. I've accumulated many exquisite Christmas recordings over the years, some unmatched in their beauty and quality, but this is a gem in its own right. This would make a great addition to any collection, particularly as an ...

Bach: St. John Passion

Hermann Prey, Keith Engen, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1997

The guided tour
After 30 seconds of listening to the opening chorus it hit me and I had to rewind to verify: it's the guided tour to the piece. Amazing, I have never heard any performance of anything that is as much a lesson as it is best-of-class performance. Richter is taking the ...

Mahler - Symphonies 7, 8 / Leonard Bernstein, Edda Moser, Judith Blegen, Gerti Zeumer, Ingrid Mayr, Agnes ...

Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Opera Philharmonica

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

The myth is gone!
These performances are truly amazing. It's hard to believe that the fabled Vienna Philharmonic, who's dislike of Mahler is almost as legendary as their string section, is playing these utterly moving works with such distinction. True, a lot of the effort has to be laid ...

Bach: Mass in B minor

Hermann Prey, Franz Crass, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

The best I know
I knew and owned this recording when it was published in the sixties; I played it so much that the vinyl disc became unplayable... Ever since that time I was looking for a recording of the Mass in B Minor, but none of what I found could come close. This record is so ...