popular music: Claudio Monteverdi     popular music:     Claudio Monteverdi      Switched-On Boxed Set Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, ... East Side Digital, 1999 A few thoughts on the SOBoxed.... I just happened upon this set of reviews on Amazon (although I had reviewed the original SOB separately years ago), and was delighted at the multitude of very favorable reviews by others. But then came the weeds amongst the fruit, namely those few reviews by people who ...             Renaissance: Music for Inner Peace The Sixteen Decca, 2005 Great Music, Fine Performances First off, the title of this album is misleading. Only one of the tracks stems from the high Renaisance. The rest span from the Reformation period to contemporary. All of them are liturgical, all of a certain calm and meditative style--which could be inferred from ...             The Well-Tempered Synthesizer Wendy Carlos East Side Digital, 2001 Kudo's for Wendy Carlos Wendy Carlos does an excellent job of updating all of the Classical pieces on this CD, as well as on all of her other CDs. I originally had this on Open Reel Tape, and am really happy that she has ported it over to the CD format! All of the selections on this CD can ...             Romance of the Violin Joshua Bell, Giacomo Puccini Sony, 2003 Drippingly romantic! I played this during my dinner party this week and several of my guests commented on how beautiful the music was! It is a lovely collection and has not one single track that I want to skip when it plays!             Canadian Brass: Legends Samuel Barber, William Byrd, ... OPENING DAY ENT, 2008 The name Canadian Brass long ago reached legendary status in the musical world. Along with their engaging stage presence and ground-breaking style, it has been their serious and meticulous attention to musical detail that helped define them as one of the great chamber ensembles as well as setting the standard for brass performance.             Gabrieli · Monteverdi · Vivaldi - Venetian Church Music / Taverner Consort, Choir & Players · Andrew Parrott Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi, ... EMI Classics, 2001 exceptional tone quality When I purchased this recording, I had not yet had the pleasure of owning an Andrew Parrott/Taverner Consort recording. I was so impressed! Andrew really excercises an understanding of this genre, an understanding that I haven't often seen. In particular I was quite ...             For Thy Pleasure Johann Sebastian Bach, Ramiro Belgardt, ... Delos Records, 1996 For Thy Pleasure: Yeap, It is Very Enjoyable For the first time, I listened to LAGQ from Vermont Public Radio while I came back home. After listening to "Little Fugue In G Minor", I could not get it out of my mind. I like the original version of Bach's organ music but the LAGQ version gave me a different feeling ...             Simply the Best Classical Anthems Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ... Erato, 2000 Great Sampler! This is a good sampler, since it covers what you would want in a classical music CD. Looking at the tracks, it has the classic hits, such as "Ride of the Valkyries," "Toccata and Fugue," "Fanfare for the Common Man," "'Jupiter' from `The Planets,'" "Eine Klein ...             The Best Baroque Album in the World ... Ever! Tomaso Albinoni, Gregorio Allegri, ... EMI Classics, 2006 Honest To title the album "The Best..." is arrogant and boastfull, however, this is the best fuggin' Baroque ALBUM EVER!!!             Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610/Venetian Vespers Claudio Monteverdi, Andrew Parrott, ... EMI Classics, 2000 Punctilious Research and Performance Practice Recorded in 1983 and 1984 at All Saints’ Church, Tooting (London), this double CD is still something of a classic, presenting Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers in punctilious historical performance practice, basically using, despite the large forces involved, ...             A - Z of Opera (includes 762 page booklet) Monteverdi, Natale de Carolis, ... Naxos, 2000 Wonderful introduction to opera More than just a promotional sampler, the Naxos (8.555037-38) contains not only 2 CDs crammed with 39 excerpts from that company's seemingly bottomless catalogue, but also a 762 page book. The text offers plot summaries of almost every important opera and many of far ...             Viva Villazón (incl. bonus DVD) Georges Bizet, Francesco Cilea, ... Angel Records, 2007 The world's greatest tenor Villazon is my favorite tenor, past or present. This CD is a great compilation of tracks from his previous recordings. However, the version being released in Europe next week (11/12/07) includes 2 CDs plus DVD for just a few dollars more, so you're better off ordering ...             Monteverdi: Mass for four voices; Mass for Six voices 'In Illo Tempore' Claudio Monteverdi, Harry Christophers, ... Hyperion UK, 2003 Fantastico Fantástico. Execução perfeita e ótima qualidade de gravação. A melhor versão que já ouvi do Cantate Domino e da Missa da capela para 4 vozes. As vozes são esplêndidas, claras e muito bem equilibradas. Os instrumentos são precisos e estão à altura do madrigal.             Monteverdi - Vespers of 1610 (Vespro della Beata Vergine) / Chandler, R. Croft, Atkinson, Numura, Boston ... Claudio Monteverdi, Boston Baroque, ... Telarc, 1997 Mary must be pretty pleased I only recently discovered the work of Pearlman and the Boston Baroque through their Messiah which is absolutely stunning. So, I was eager to pick this piece up, especially after listening to the brief audio clips on the site. I have a bit of early music (des Pres, ...             Best of the Canadian Brass Johann Sebastian Bach, Giovanni Gabrieli, ... Sony, 1989 great music I just bought this cd yesterday and i love it already. as a trumpeter, i can really enjoy and appreciate the music they perform. i was quite intrigued hearing canon in D (currently playing right now on my stereo), et al.          products you might be interested in   search for popular music classical, monteverdi, renaissance, switched-on, synthesizer, well-tempered randomly chosen book: The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ As the Foundation and Criticism of ...