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Mozart:The Complete Piano Sonatas and Variations
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Daniel Barenboim
EMI Classics, 2000
like sparkling mineral water
+ Just the right number of notes...
+ slowish delivery
+ Five stars from a Mozart piano sonata lover
+ Top notch performances
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Choir of King's College Cambridge - Britten Choral Works [Great Artists of the Century]
Benjamin Britten, David Willcocks, ...
EMI Classics, 2004
King's College Classic
+ Britten Brilliance
Way back in the dark ages, before CDs roamed the earth, I purchased the LP of this recording. It remains my favorite performance of Britten's work. The voices of the choir, accompanied by one harp, weave an achingly beautiful tapestry of sound. It is a wonderful way to introduce children and ...
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Britten: War Requiem
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Britten, ...
Decca, 2006
Great music, great recording
+ Fantastic
+ i don/t have the cds yet, but...
+ A Safe Bet
+ Can't help saying a few words about the 1-star review
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Poulenc: Gloria; Concerto for Organ; Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Francis Poulenc, Igor Stravinsky, ...
Telarc, 2004
Celebratory Music for All Seasons!
+ Glorious Gloria!
+ A very welcome reissue--but why was it ever out of print?
Holiday season and the stores are filled with carols and pop tunes that seem further removed from Christmas every year. At the same time all the choral ensembles around the country are scheduling the Messiah and festivals of carols and it is refreshing to turn to less well know works on CD for ...
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Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" / Claudio Abbado, Eteri Gvazava, Anna Larsson, Orfeon Donostiarra, ...
Claudio Abbado, Eteri Gvazava
Euroarts, 2005
Ultimate Mahler
+ Stuning Performance
+ Vintage Claudio
This is the finest recording of any Mahler work that I have ever seen and/or heard. Abbado's knowledge of the score is comprehensive and all of its contrasts and nuances are sculpted into a perfectly unified whole.
The tone quality, technic and phrasing of soloists, orchestra and chorus are ...
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Bach: Organ Works
Johann Sebastian Bach, Karl Richter
Deutsche Grammophon, 2005
THE BEST OF BACH + THE BEST OF KARL RICHTER
+ Old Friends, Rejuvenated
+ Music for a Winter's Day
Here we have the best organ works of J S BACH played by the well
known director KARL RICHTER.
He includes one Prelude and FUgue on each key form the original
ones written for organ.So we can say we have here a Well Tempered
Organ by JS BACH.
I recommed it to all that want to listen the best of ...
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Igor Stravinsky: The Final Chorale/Five Orchestral Pieces
Stravinsky
Juxtapositions, 2005
Two Masterful Music Documentaries by Frank Scheffer
+ Elucidating two classic works in a highly entertaining format
+ two seminal classics of modernity
This DVD combines two marvelous documentaries done by the expert classical music documentarian, Frank Scheffer. The first, called 'Igor Stravinsky: The Finale Chorale,' concerns itself with the 'Symphonies of Wind Instruments' from 1920. 'Symphonies' was written in memory of Stravinsky's friend and ...
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Mozart: Symphonien Nos. 35-41
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karl Böhm, ...
Deutsche Grammophon, 1996
Once more, with feeling
+ Finest Mozart Performances I have ever seen.
+ Perhaps a bit outdated, but still a favorite
+ Excellent
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Bach: Magnificat; Easter Oratorio
Johann Sebastian Bach, Andrew Parrott, ...
EMI Classics, 2000
The Extreme End of the Minimalist Spectrum: The Purity of Bach
+ Simply wonderful
+ One-Voice-Per-Part At It's Best
+ One of the finest Bach recordings in the catalog
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Shostakovich: The String Quartets
Dmitry Shostakovich
DG, 2006
The first--and still greatest?--modernist readings
+ American-Style Borscht...with a Dash of Hot Sauce
+ Cruel Joke
+ Great music, great performance
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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 1-4; Neville Marriner; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sir Neville Marriner, ...
EMI Classics, 2004
Easy to Enjoy
+ Wonderful recording of this marvelous Bach's masterpiece
+ Best modern instrument performances in my opinion
+ Bach at his best
+ EXCELLENT VERSION
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Bach: The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites
Yo-Yo Ma, Johann Sebastian Bach
Sony, 2006
JS Bach & YoYoMa - The Master played by a Master
+ Necessary
+ Unbelievable
+ intimate inducement of introspection
+ ...those hard to find items
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Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3; Sonata a 5 [Hybrid SACD]
George Frederick Handel, Richard Egarr, ...
Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2007
Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3; Sonata a 5
+ Very Good Performance and Recording
Richard Egarr's first recording with AAM, this first volume of an anticipated Handel cycle is swiftly -- and justifiably -- gathering accolades. Classics Today rated it 10/10, calling the disc a "terrific release," "superbly engineered and presented [...]. It doesn't get any better." This month, ...
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Handel: Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks
George Frederick Handel, Kevin Mallon
Naxos, 2006
Sparkling, vibrant and authentic
+ Also Available as SACD
+ best version ever ?
+ Fresh and beautiful readings
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky, Leonard Bernstein, ...
Sony, 1990
Another great Bernstein
+ Nice production of classic sound
+ Satisfying version of 'Pictures..'; liked album on the whole
I love Bernstein. Both the Mussorgsky's Pictures at Exhibition and A nigth in the Bald Mountain are masterpieces, and so is Ravel's orchestration of the pictures. I think Bernstein's direction excellent, so beautiful as, for instance, that (famous) by Toscanini.
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