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Horizons - Leif Ove Andsnes
(more) »rank: 20266from: EMI Classics
: : A great player can give meaning and substance even to lightweight miniatures. Andsnes says that his musical 'horizon,' at first limited to 'big, important' music, opened to the appreciation of the short 'salon' pieces and arrangements assembled on this record only as he got older, though they had accompanied him since childhood. The program features original compositions and transcriptions, including many familiar favorites. They span several centuries and come from every corner of Europe. Andsnes' virtuosity is breath-taking, his tone is beautiful, and his legato sings regardless of the accompanying texture. Above all, he captures every style, idiom, and mood. ...
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The Great Recordings
(more) »rank: 80566from: Deutsche Grammophon
: : A great player can give meaning and substance even to lightweight miniatures. Andsnes says that his musical 'horizon,' at first limited to 'big, important' music, opened to the appreciation of the short 'salon' pieces and arrangements assembled on this record only as he got older, though they had accompanied him since childhood. The program features original compositions and transcriptions, including many familiar favorites. They span several centuries and come from every corner of Europe. Andsnes' virtuosity is breath-taking, his tone is beautiful, and his legato sings regardless of the accompanying texture. Above all, he captures every style, idiom, and mood. ...
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The Ligeti Project I: Melodien / Chamber Concerto / Piano Concerto / Mysteries of the Macabre - Schönberg Ensemble / ASKO Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw
(more) »rank: 57477by: Reinbert De Leeuw, Schonberg Ensemble
: 's Best of 2001:This first of a projected five-disc series of Ligeti's music is a perfect introduction to the sound-world of the man who is arguably our greatest living composer. It opens with Melodien, a one-movement, 13-minute piece that begins with swirling, high-pitched winds whose sinuous lines turn into a flowing stream of iridescent instrumental colors. The Chamber Concerto, completed a year earlier, is for 13 instrumentalists treated as virtuosic soloists. Each of its four movements has a distinct profile, from the polyphonic first movement, where the instruments play at different speed, to the chorale-like second, hammering third, and the final ...
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Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana / de Los Angeles · Corelli · Santini ~ Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Corelli · Gobbi · Amara · von Matacic
(more) »rank: 52440by: Angelo Mercuriali, Franco Piva, Mario Spina, Mario Zanasi, Rome Opera Orchestra, La Scala Theater Orchestra
: 's Best of 2001:This first of a projected five-disc series of Ligeti's music is a perfect introduction to the sound-world of the man who is arguably our greatest living composer. It opens with Melodien, a one-movement, 13-minute piece that begins with swirling, high-pitched winds whose sinuous lines turn into a flowing stream of iridescent instrumental colors. The Chamber Concerto, completed a year earlier, is for 13 instrumentalists treated as virtuosic soloists. Each of its four movements has a distinct profile, from the polyphonic first movement, where the instruments play at different speed, to the chorale-like second, hammering third, and the final ...
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Cuba! / Manuel Barrueco
(more) »rank: 16466by: Hector Angulo
: 's Best of 2001:This first of a projected five-disc series of Ligeti's music is a perfect introduction to the sound-world of the man who is arguably our greatest living composer. It opens with Melodien, a one-movement, 13-minute piece that begins with swirling, high-pitched winds whose sinuous lines turn into a flowing stream of iridescent instrumental colors. The Chamber Concerto, completed a year earlier, is for 13 instrumentalists treated as virtuosic soloists. Each of its four movements has a distinct profile, from the polyphonic first movement, where the instruments play at different speed, to the chorale-like second, hammering third, and the final ...
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Locatelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 1, Nos. 7-12
(more) »rank: 83038from: Naxos
: 's Best of 2001:This first of a projected five-disc series of Ligeti's music is a perfect introduction to the sound-world of the man who is arguably our greatest living composer. It opens with Melodien, a one-movement, 13-minute piece that begins with swirling, high-pitched winds whose sinuous lines turn into a flowing stream of iridescent instrumental colors. The Chamber Concerto, completed a year earlier, is for 13 instrumentalists treated as virtuosic soloists. Each of its four movements has a distinct profile, from the polyphonic first movement, where the instruments play at different speed, to the chorale-like second, hammering third, and the final ...
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György Ligeti Edition 6: Keyboard Works (Piano, Harpsichord, Organ) - Irina Kataeva / Pierre-Laurent Aimard / Elisabeth Chojnacka / Zsigmond Szathmáry
(more) »rank: 78284from: Sony
: 's Best of 2001:This first of a projected five-disc series of Ligeti's music is a perfect introduction to the sound-world of the man who is arguably our greatest living composer. It opens with Melodien, a one-movement, 13-minute piece that begins with swirling, high-pitched winds whose sinuous lines turn into a flowing stream of iridescent instrumental colors. The Chamber Concerto, completed a year earlier, is for 13 instrumentalists treated as virtuosic soloists. Each of its four movements has a distinct profile, from the polyphonic first movement, where the instruments play at different speed, to the chorale-like second, hammering third, and the final ...
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Reprise
(more) »rank: 77841by: Russell Watson
: 's Best of 2001:This first of a projected five-disc series of Ligeti's music is a perfect introduction to the sound-world of the man who is arguably our greatest living composer. It opens with Melodien, a one-movement, 13-minute piece that begins with swirling, high-pitched winds whose sinuous lines turn into a flowing stream of iridescent instrumental colors. The Chamber Concerto, completed a year earlier, is for 13 instrumentalists treated as virtuosic soloists. Each of its four movements has a distinct profile, from the polyphonic first movement, where the instruments play at different speed, to the chorale-like second, hammering third, and the final ...
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Ultimate Classical: Chill Out
(more) »rank: 18760from: Decca
:Album Description:The most popular composers of all-time now offered at an incredible price! FIVE CDs for the price of ONE--who could resist! Collections of the essential works of the most popular composers and their greatest hits! Outstanding artists and recordings from the Decca and Philips Classic's catalogues. Each package is a slipcase loaded with FIVE jewel boxes - that's over 5 HOURS of great music in each boxed set. Five discs jam-packed with the greatest classical hits of all time. Includes: Bach: Jesu, joy of man's desiring, Sheep may safely graze, Ave Maria Beethoven: 'Emperor' Concerto, Ninth Symphony 'Choral' (Ode to ...
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Together for the Children of Bosnia
(more) »rank: 91138from: Decca
:Album Description:The most popular composers of all-time now offered at an incredible price! FIVE CDs for the price of ONE--who could resist! Collections of the essential works of the most popular composers and their greatest hits! Outstanding artists and recordings from the Decca and Philips Classic's catalogues. Each package is a slipcase loaded with FIVE jewel boxes - that's over 5 HOURS of great music in each boxed set. Five discs jam-packed with the greatest classical hits of all time. Includes: Bach: Jesu, joy of man's desiring, Sheep may safely graze, Ave Maria Beethoven: 'Emperor' Concerto, Ninth Symphony 'Choral' (Ode to ...
