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Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos(more) »rank: 4616from: EMI Classics
: essential recording:Otto Klemperer's Beethoven is one of the towering achievements in the history of recordings. By today's standards, these performances are hopelessly old-fashioned: dark, heavy, and frequently very slow. But they are also the grandest, most unsentimental, most purposeful versions in the catalog. In addition, the relatively slow tempos (only in the fast movements--the slow ones are pretty swift) and forward wind balance permit more detail to be heard than in most original-instrument performances. At budget price and with the entire piano concerto cycle thrown in for good measure, this is greatness incarnate. --David Hurwitz |
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Max Raabe and Palast Orchester: Dance & Film Music of 1920s(more) »rank: 12305starring: Max Raabe
: essential recording:Otto Klemperer's Beethoven is one of the towering achievements in the history of recordings. By today's standards, these performances are hopelessly old-fashioned: dark, heavy, and frequently very slow. But they are also the grandest, most unsentimental, most purposeful versions in the catalog. In addition, the relatively slow tempos (only in the fast movements--the slow ones are pretty swift) and forward wind balance permit more detail to be heard than in most original-instrument performances. At budget price and with the entire piano concerto cycle thrown in for good measure, this is greatness incarnate. --David Hurwitz |
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Brahms, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Music for Two Pianos(more) »rank: 15422from: EMI Classics
:Album Description:Brahms: Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, Op. 34b Martha Argerich (piano) & Lilya Zilbertstein (piano) Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56b for 2 Pianos Martha Argerich (piano) & Polina Leschenko (piano) Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme of Paganini for 2 Pianos Martha Argerich (piano) & Giorgia Tomassi (piano) Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical' Transcribed for two pianos by Rikuya Terashima Martha Argerich (piano) & Yefim Bronfman (piano) Rachmaninov: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17 Martha Argerich (piano) & Gabriela Montero (piano) Six Pieces, Op. ... |
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Mozart's Magnificent Voyage(more) »rank: 27080from: Children's Group
:Album Description:Brahms: Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, Op. 34b Martha Argerich (piano) & Lilya Zilbertstein (piano) Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56b for 2 Pianos Martha Argerich (piano) & Polina Leschenko (piano) Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme of Paganini for 2 Pianos Martha Argerich (piano) & Giorgia Tomassi (piano) Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical' Transcribed for two pianos by Rikuya Terashima Martha Argerich (piano) & Yefim Bronfman (piano) Rachmaninov: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17 Martha Argerich (piano) & Gabriela Montero (piano) Six Pieces, Op. ... |
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Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos/Mozart: Concerto No.25(more) »rank: 4684from: Sony
:Album Description:Brahms: Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, Op. 34b Martha Argerich (piano) & Lilya Zilbertstein (piano) Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56b for 2 Pianos Martha Argerich (piano) & Polina Leschenko (piano) Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme of Paganini for 2 Pianos Martha Argerich (piano) & Giorgia Tomassi (piano) Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical' Transcribed for two pianos by Rikuya Terashima Martha Argerich (piano) & Yefim Bronfman (piano) Rachmaninov: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17 Martha Argerich (piano) & Gabriela Montero (piano) Six Pieces, Op. ... |
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The Mozart Effect Music for Children, Volume 1: Tune Up Your Mind(more) »rank: 21851from: Children's Group
: :1999 Oppenheim Award. Based on the Avon Books release The Mozart Effect by Don Campbell, accomplished author, teacher, musician and noted authority on music and healing. Features some of Mozart's most powerful, playful and affecting selected by the author for children ages 2-16 and designed to achieve a particular effect, including enhancing the IQ. Includes 'Rondo' from Eline Kleine Nachtmusik, 'Allegro moderato - Violin Concerto #2', 'Variations - Sinfonia, Andante - Symphony #17', 'Andantino - Symphony #24', '5 Variations - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star', 'Allegro aperto - Violin Concerto #5', 'Andante - Symphony #15'. Running ... |
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Ravel: Boléro(more) »rank: 7965from: Decca
: :1999 Oppenheim Award. Based on the Avon Books release The Mozart Effect by Don Campbell, accomplished author, teacher, musician and noted authority on music and healing. Features some of Mozart's most powerful, playful and affecting selected by the author for children ages 2-16 and designed to achieve a particular effect, including enhancing the IQ. Includes 'Rondo' from Eline Kleine Nachtmusik, 'Allegro moderato - Violin Concerto #2', 'Variations - Sinfonia, Andante - Symphony #17', 'Andantino - Symphony #24', '5 Variations - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star', 'Allegro aperto - Violin Concerto #5', 'Andante - Symphony #15'. Running ... |
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Integrale Des Symphonie(more) »rank: 38154by: Miaskovsky
: :Svetlanov possessed the grace and fervor of the rare giants of the conducting world. With the Russian Federation Academic Symphony Orchestra (formerly the USSR State Symphony Orchestra) as well as other orchestras such as the NHK Symphony Orchestra and theOrchestre National de France he restored poignant urgency to the symphonies of Mahler and Tchaikovsky. He sparked the magic of Russian opera with his interpretations ofRimsky-Korsakov' s The Golden Cockerel and The Maid of Pskov at the Bolshoi. Heembodied Russian tradition, especially in the readings of Miaskovsky' s Symphonies. Aswith Soviet-era Prokofiev, only more so, Myaskovsky' ... |
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Music For The Mozart Effect, Volume 4, Focus & Clarity(more) »rank: 10080from: Spring Hill
: :Svetlanov possessed the grace and fervor of the rare giants of the conducting world. With the Russian Federation Academic Symphony Orchestra (formerly the USSR State Symphony Orchestra) as well as other orchestras such as the NHK Symphony Orchestra and theOrchestre National de France he restored poignant urgency to the symphonies of Mahler and Tchaikovsky. He sparked the magic of Russian opera with his interpretations ofRimsky-Korsakov' s The Golden Cockerel and The Maid of Pskov at the Bolshoi. Heembodied Russian tradition, especially in the readings of Miaskovsky' s Symphonies. Aswith Soviet-era Prokofiev, only more so, Myaskovsky' ... |
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Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias / Myung-Whun Chung(more) »rank: 18727by: George Frideric Handel, Giulio Caccini, Charles Gounod, Franz Schubert, Cesar Franck, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner, Pietro Mascagni, Louis Niedermeyer, Franz Xaver Gruber, John Francis Wade, Jean-Paul Lecot, Myung-Whun Chung, Andrea Bocelli
: :When he was growing up, Andrea Bocelli recalls finding inspiration in a favorite recording of sacred music performed by tenor legend Franco Corelli. Bocelli--who in the meantime has come to inspire millions of fiercely loyal fans himself--returns to the genre as the guiding theme of Sacred Arias, the release of which coincides with the first English-language biography of the singer. These performances are filled with the singer's phenomenally well-known vocal signature: his flair for long, sweetly floating high notes and the gentle sense of cadence he brings to a melody. It's a mistake to compartmentalize Bocelli ... |


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