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Buy Now	Northern Lights (more) »rank: 2588 from: Denon Records	Buy Now	On Yoolis Night: Medieval Carols & Motets (more) »rank: 2529 by: Anonymous 4, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Johanna Rose : essential recording:This follow-up to Anonymous 4's debut 'hit,' An English Ladymass, is even better. From the choice of repertoire to the proficiency of the singing to the recorded sound, this is a standard-setting production. The 23 works--plainchants, carols, songs, and motets--invoke various aspects of the Christmas story: the visitation of the angel Gabriel, tributes to the Virgin Mary, gifts of the Magi, and hymns of praise for the birth of Christ. The sound is stunning: resonant yet intimate, warm yet vibrant. And while you can hear the individual character of each voice, together these four women make a sound of uncommon purity ...
Buy Now	The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Greatest Hits: 22 Best-Loved Favorites (more) »rank: 2327 by: Mormon Tabernacle Choir : essential recording:This follow-up to Anonymous 4's debut 'hit,' An English Ladymass, is even better. From the choice of repertoire to the proficiency of the singing to the recorded sound, this is a standard-setting production. The 23 works--plainchants, carols, songs, and motets--invoke various aspects of the Christmas story: the visitation of the angel Gabriel, tributes to the Virgin Mary, gifts of the Magi, and hymns of praise for the birth of Christ. The sound is stunning: resonant yet intimate, warm yet vibrant. And while you can hear the individual character of each voice, together these four women make a sound of uncommon purity ...	Buy Now	Gomidas Songs (more) »rank: 4529 by: Isabel Bayrakdarian : :Although the pieces performed here by the internationally acclaimed, Canadian-based soprano Isabel Bayrakdarianare sung entirely in Armenian, these songs cast a powerful spell long before their literal meaning has been gleaned.Bayrakdarian born in Lebanon, the daughter of Armenian parents explores the extraordinary legacy of GomidasVardabet, a well-traveled, turn-of-the-nineteenth-century composer who made it his life' s work to seek out, transcribeand re-interpret the ancient liturgy, songs, lullabies, hymns and folk dances of his homeland. His work would havebeen remarkable under any circumstances, but it has become all the more significant in light of the Armenian genocideof 1915, which left him emotionally devastated and ...
Buy Now	Hommage a Messiaen: 8 Preludes; Selection from: Quatre Etudes de rythme (more) »rank: 1661 from: Deutsche Grammophon :Album Description:The centenary of Olivier Messiaen's birth provides an occasion for surveying his place in the landscape of musical creation. This recording, which brings together some relatively neglected pieces from his abundant output, represents both an act of homage to the composer and a reflection on the special position his works occupy in 20th-century music. In three segments, it presents compositions of three different types, each written at a difficult time in his life and emphasizing the fundamental role of the piano in his oeuvre. The Préludes are among Messiaen's earliest pieces, written in 1928-29, when he was 20 and still a student ...	Buy Now	UltraSound - Music for the Unborn Child (more) »rank: 3036 from: RCA : :While many hospitals across the country send new mums and babes home equipped with discs of classical music to soothe and gently stimulate babies' tender minds, Ultrasound brings together a delightfully well-rounded set specifically chosen for those still in the womb. Expectant moms will appreciate the effects of the mellow strains of Bach's Suite No. 3, the delicate playfulness of Tchaikovsky's 'Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy,' and Mozart's proven-to-make-you-smart Sonata for Two Pianos featuring André Previn. Debussy's 'Clair de lune' is especially lovely as conducted and fluted by James Galway, and Leontyne Price is a warm blanket of comfort giving voice to Schubert's ...
Buy Now	Christmas Adagios (more) »rank: 3520 from: Decca : :While many hospitals across the country send new mums and babes home equipped with discs of classical music to soothe and gently stimulate babies' tender minds, Ultrasound brings together a delightfully well-rounded set specifically chosen for those still in the womb. Expectant moms will appreciate the effects of the mellow strains of Bach's Suite No. 3, the delicate playfulness of Tchaikovsky's 'Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy,' and Mozart's proven-to-make-you-smart Sonata for Two Pianos featuring André Previn. Debussy's 'Clair de lune' is especially lovely as conducted and fluted by James Galway, and Leontyne Price is a warm blanket of comfort giving voice to Schubert's ...	Buy Now	Bach: Goldberg Variations (more) »rank: 3858 from: Telarc :Album Description:Dinnerstein's Goldberg Variations was recorded in the neoclassic auditorium of the Academy of Arts and Letters in New York in March 2005. The piano she plays, a 1903 Hamburg Steinway model D concert grand, was originally owned by the town council of Hull, in Northeast England. During World War II, Hull was extensively bombed and the town hall in which the piano was housed was severely damaged. The piano, however, survived intact and was used in a series of concerts after the war to restore Hull's spirit. In 2002, it was restored by Klavierhaus in New York City, in time to be ...
Buy Now	Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces (more) »rank: 2329 from: Decca :Album Description:Dinnerstein's Goldberg Variations was recorded in the neoclassic auditorium of the Academy of Arts and Letters in New York in March 2005. The piano she plays, a 1903 Hamburg Steinway model D concert grand, was originally owned by the town council of Hull, in Northeast England. During World War II, Hull was extensively bombed and the town hall in which the piano was housed was severely damaged. The piano, however, survived intact and was used in a series of concerts after the war to restore Hull's spirit. In 2002, it was restored by Klavierhaus in New York City, in time to be ...	Buy Now	Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7 (more) »rank: 2204 from: Ecm Records :Album Description:Dinnerstein's Goldberg Variations was recorded in the neoclassic auditorium of the Academy of Arts and Letters in New York in March 2005. The piano she plays, a 1903 Hamburg Steinway model D concert grand, was originally owned by the town council of Hull, in Northeast England. During World War II, Hull was extensively bombed and the town hall in which the piano was housed was severely damaged. The piano, however, survived intact and was used in a series of concerts after the war to restore Hull's spirit. In 2002, it was restored by Klavierhaus in New York City, in time to be ...