popular music: Robert King

popular music: Robert King

popular music:

Robert King

Christopher Purves, Robert Evans, ...

Coro, 2008

Impeccable, not stuffy, from a landmark of early music
I had the extreme pleasure of working with Mr. Christophers less than a month after this recording was made when he came to Boston to work with the Handel & Haydn Society on our annual Messiah. What many of us in the choir were expecting was another "white" performance ...

Elgar: The Collector's Edition (30 CDs)

Derek Hammond-Stroud, Peter Glossop, ...

Emi Classics, 2007

Great Bargain of Elgar Masterworks and Forgotten Gems!
Like Sony's Stravinsky set, this Elgar set from EMI seems to want to challenge the Brilliant Classics label by providing lots of music for little money. This costs more than the Stravinsky, but you get 30 cds here as opposed to the 22 in the Stravinsky set. On the ...

Essential Beethoven

Hans Sotin, Martti Talvela, ...

Decca, 2001

Wonderful selections
My kids and I have really enjoyed this CD. This is a great collection of music with high quality performances.

Chicago

Various Artists

Sony, 2003

Chicago movie soundtrack
The soundtrack arrived within about a week. (I never opt for faster delivery.) It was exactly what I wanted and, as far as I can tell, plays flawlessly.

Essential Purcell

Henry Purcell, New College Choir Oxford, ...

Hyperion UK, 1995

The beauty of the songs brings tears to my eyes
Absolutely beautiful baroque music! The arrangament, singing and instrumentation is superb. It is too bad that Henry Purcell is not as widely known as Bach, because he should be recognized equally well."The Sparrow and the Gentle dove" is alone worth the price of the ...

Kingdom of Heaven

Harry Gregson-Williams

Sony, 2005

Mesmerizing
It is the type of music that transport you to another time and dimension. Excellent music for reading, meditating and making love!

The Island

Steve Jablonsky

Milan Records, 2005

awesome!!!!
The brooding post modern industrial feel to the songs on this soundtrack give it a feel of epic proportions. I simplely love it!!!...dark,foreboding, and eerily brilliant on every track....thank you Mr. Jablonsky!

Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino

Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, ...

Vanguard Records, 2007

Goin Home Tribute CD
Great CD. I bought it for my husband, he's always been a Fats fan and he loves it. All the artists did a wonderful job. Worth every penney.

Screamers (Circus Marches)

Kenneth J. Alford, Thomas S. Allen, ...

Philips, 1991

Sounds even better than when I first heard it
When I first heard the last eleven marches on this recording; I heard them on tape, and I really enjoyed them, this was back in 1988 when I was in the seventh grade. When I moved in the winter of 1988, I lost that tape. I was very sad when I did, and it was not until ...

The Psalms of David from Kings Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, Vol. 1

William Crotch, Sir Henry Walford Davies, ...

EMI Classics, 1998

High comfort level
I would surely like to obtain a complete collection of all psalms by this choir. For years I have looked, searched, for this collection which I heard as a child played every sunday in South America. A great collection, ageless and timeless something have and play in ...

The Great War: Classical And Popular Selections From The Time Of World War I (National Public Radio ...

Nora / Norworth, Jack Bates-Norworth, Alban Berg, ...

Sony, 1999

Excellent Recording!
(It was called The "Great" War, because nobody knew about WWII at the time and it was the biggest war anyone had ever seen.) I think this CD may be a bit choppy to "easy" listeners, but for anyone who has a sincere interest in delving into the musical senses of ...

THRAK

Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, ...

Discipline Us, 2006

Midlife Crisis?
The first thing I noticed about King Crimson's eleventh studio LP s is how surprisingly brutal, heavy and most of all inventive these rock granddads sound. It's astonishing to think how old these guys were when they came together for "Thrak"...you've got Robert Fripp - ...

Handel - Israel in Egypt / Bostridge, Chance, Gritton, Varcoe, King's College Choir, The Brandenburg Consort, ...

Henry Herford, Stephen Varcoe, ...

Decca, 2000

Superb recording of one of Handel's great oratorios
Handel made is fame in England as a brilliant composer of Italian Opera. When the crown endorsed a second opera company it was soon apparent that even London could not and would not support both. When Handel could no longer recruit the top singers for his operas, he ...

A Little Christmas Music: Kiri Te Kanawa; The King's Singers

various/traditional, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, ...

EMI Classics, 1990

a voice teacher and early music fan
WELL!!!THIS IS DIFFERENT!!!!! The King's Singers come to us steeped in the 500 year old English tradition of choral singing; and that's fine with me.!!!There are 6 singers in this group (the personnel change from time to time)namely: Jeremy Jackman and Alastair Hume ...

Vaughan Williams Weekend: Fantasia On Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending; English Folk Song Suite

Hervey Alan, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ...

Decca, 1992

I say GREAT but with reservation
This is a great recording of some of Ralph(pernounced "RAFE")Vaughn Williams best work. But it is not the best you can find. For the english folk song suite, i highly recomend the recording of Neville Marriner and Academy of St.Martins in the fields. For the Lark ...