General


Bestsellers > Classical Music > General

Buy Now	Hymns Through the Centuries (more) »rank: 122193 by: J. Reilly Lewis, Cathedral Choral Society, William Gardiner, Johannes Cruger, Melchior Teschner, William Henry Monk, Virgil Thomson, George Elvey, Thomas Hastings, John [composer] Goss	Buy Now	A Christmas Collection (more) »rank: 145501 from: Philips
Buy Now	Bach - Magnificat / Handel - Dixit Dominus (more) »rank: 61133 from: Virgin Classics	Buy Now	The Best of the Royal Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestras [Box Set] (more) »rank: 34036 from: Platinum Disc
Buy Now	Bach: The Four Great Toccatas & Fugues (more) »rank: 44148 from: Sony	Buy Now	A Medieval Christmas (more) »rank: 37763 from: Ex Cathedra Records :Album Description:New York's Ensemble for Early Music program of seasonal repertoire is a 'Sold-Out' holiday tradition. Recorded in the great Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, NOVA features lyric songs - sacred and secular - by Hildegard von Bingen, Perotin, von Reuenthal and anonymous composers from the schools of Notre Dame and St. Martial.
Buy Now	Lambarena-Bach to Africa (more) »rank: 70509 from: Sony :Album Description:New York's Ensemble for Early Music program of seasonal repertoire is a 'Sold-Out' holiday tradition. Recorded in the great Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, NOVA features lyric songs - sacred and secular - by Hildegard von Bingen, Perotin, von Reuenthal and anonymous composers from the schools of Notre Dame and St. Martial.	Buy Now	New Joy - Orthodox Christmas Music (more) »rank: 52285 from: Harmonia Mundi Fr. : :Beginning with bells tolling in Tallinn, Estonia's St. Alexander's Cathedral, this collection of 19th- and 20th-century Orthodox music from Russia and the Ukraine celebrates the Nativity. Most of the music was suppressed by the authorities, and some of the composers represented - Kastalsky, Barvinskyi, and Izvekov (whose stunning 'Christ Is Born,' the longest piece on the CD, here receives its first recording) were persecuted, imprisoned, or executed for their religious beliefs. There is also music by Tchaikovsky, Arvo Pärt, and a couple of other, lesser-known composers. Many of the pieces have the distinctly Slavic sound--and chant melodies--opera fans will recognize from the choral ...
Buy Now	Allegri: Miserere (more) »rank: 22357 by: Alison Stamp, Tallis Scholars : :Here's a wonderful introduction to Renaissance choral music, with two tried-and-true repertory standards and the Mundy, a gorgeously sensuous example of a lesser-known mid-16th-century work, whose complex polyphonic strands are rendered with compelling involvement by the Tallis Scholars. These performances were among the group's earliest recordings and helped catapult them into the forefront of specialists in this demanding repertoire. The Allegri became a favorite back in the 1970s, a sort of choral equivalent of Albinoni's Adagio, in which repetition serves as the driving force. The Tallis Scholars give it welcome variety through spatial placement in a large church and their colorful singing. Palestrina's ...	Buy Now	On Christmas Day: New Carols from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge (more) »rank: 68893 by: Edward Grint, Thomas Ades, Richard Rodney Bennett, Sir Lennox Berkeley, Judith Bingham, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Diana Burrell, John Casken, Robert Chilcott, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Jonathan Dove, Alexander Goehr, Jonathan Harvey, Robin Greville Holloway, James MacMillan, Nicholas Maw, Arvo Part, Stephen Harrison Paulus, John Rutter, Peter Sculthorpe, Giles Swayne, Judith Weir, John Woolrich, Stephen Cleobury, Philippa Davies, Cambridge King's College : :Here's a wonderful introduction to Renaissance choral music, with two tried-and-true repertory standards and the Mundy, a gorgeously sensuous example of a lesser-known mid-16th-century work, whose complex polyphonic strands are rendered with compelling involvement by the Tallis Scholars. These performances were among the group's earliest recordings and helped catapult them into the forefront of specialists in this demanding repertoire. The Allegri became a favorite back in the 1970s, a sort of choral equivalent of Albinoni's Adagio, in which repetition serves as the driving force. The Tallis Scholars give it welcome variety through spatial placement in a large church and their colorful singing. Palestrina's ...