popular music: Henry Purcell

popular music: Henry Purcell

popular music:

Henry Purcell

Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

Rapture-Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

Heavenly music
This is a wonderful background for any tension realeasing activity, like reading a book. So glad I purchased it.

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!!!

25 Baroque Favorites

Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Vox (Classical), 1996

SUPERB
An introduction to the best baroque music by famous composers. Great sound on this CD. There are over 10 CD's in this Farorites collection, and this by far is one of the best ones. If you like the classical sounds of music, then you will like this. Check out the ...

Purcell: Complete Chamber Music

Henry Purcell, Musica Amphion, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2008

excellent value
I have an enormous amount of affection for this anthlogy. The music is quintessential Purcell- ingeneous, straight-forward, the show tune king of his day. This is a seven disc set. The first four discs are performed by Musica Antiphon, one of several European H.I.P. ...

Essential Baroque

Essential Baroque

Decca, 2002

High-quality, marvelously varied intro to baroque music
I am buying this as the perfect gift for Russian and Chinese scientist friends. They have knowledge of classical music but perhaps not much about baroque music, which achieved special popularity in the U.S. during the 1970's and 1980's. Russians seem to have more ...

Classical Wedding

Various Artists

Spring Hill, 1996

Best wedding CD we found - and we listened to a bunch!
In preparation for our daughter's wedding, we listened to a number (OK - a LOT) of wedding CDs looking for "the one". For us, this CD was it! We were looking for traditional renditions of wedding classics and found this to be very traditional in style. The ...

Classic Wynton

Jean-Baptiste Arban, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Sony, 1998

amazing
Classic Wynton is the most glorious display of musicianship I have ever heard. No other trumpet player even comes close to Wynton. Don't listen to anything the editorial review says though, it must have been written by a complete ignoramus. Wynton Marsalis not having a ...

The East Village Opera Company

Georges Bizet, Alfredo Catalani, ...

Decca, 2005

Absolutely fantastic album
I went to see this group in person on Sunday and just had to order this CD right away, most of the songs they performed are on this. I did not think I was an opera fan until I heard it done by the East Village Opera Company, they just blew me away! I highly recommend ...

Beethoven's Wig: Sing Along Symphonies

Beethoven's Wig

Rounder / Umgd, 2002

Teaching Kids to Love Classical Music
This is a great product. The kids love it. Some reviews have mentioned that the lead vocalist is not very melodic. However, I see this as a plus. He has a zany way of cracking his voice which is a hilarious complement to the other opera-class voices on the CD. My kids ...

Wynton Marsalis - Baroque Music for Trumpet

Charles Tunnell, Johann Friedrich Fasch, ...

Sony, 1990

Amazing talent
Without doubt, the birthday ode to Queen Anne (Eternal Source of Light Divine) is one of the loveliest pieces ever. Couple that with two of the most accomplished talents in the world, you have a near spiritual moment. Even those with even a passing interest in the ...

The Man Who Cried

Salvatore Licitra, Kronos Quartet, ...

Sony, 2001

The Man Who Cried
The music in this movie is so beautiful, it's almost haunting. I have watched the movie 4 times in the past 3 days and can hardly get enough of it. I was not a fan of Johnny Depp's until now. Salvatore Licitra's voice is incredibly beautiful. I can't say enough.

Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

Johann Sebastian Bach, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, ...

Telarc, 1993

A ceremony in sound
This is a beautifully performed CD of ceremonial music of the Christian tradition. While organist Michael Murray talks about the diversity of kinds of ceremonial music in the liner notes essay, the musical selection here is drawn from the Western Christian tradition ...

Classical Wedding Music

Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Lumiere Records, 2006

Re-living my wedding music . . . ? Priceless!
Listening to the Lumiere String Quartet's "Classical Wedding Music," I was alternately squealing with delight ("this was played at MY wedding!") and shedding tears of joy ("this was played at MY wedding!"). Lumiere has done a masterful job of translating these classic ...

Michael Murray At The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine: Works By Franck, Widor, Dupré, Bach and Others

Anonymous, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Telarc, 1990

Highly recommended
I bought this CD several years ago, and I never get tired of listening to it. Michael Murray gives his usual brilliant rendition of some of the world's greatest organ music in a setting with vibrant accoustics as St. John the Divine is one of the largest churches in ...

Baroque Adagios

Janos Starker, Julian Lloyd Webber, ...

Decca, 2002

Why is this beautiful set so low in Amazon sales?
While classical music is achieving a resurgence in the UK and Finland, in the U.S. the meager proportion of classical music among record store and department offerings still reflects classical's waning status. What we do find even in drugstores and supermarkets is ...