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Mozart's Magnificent Voyage(more) »rank: 13266from: Children's Group
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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson sings Peter Lieberson 'Neruda Songs'(more) »rank: 9060from: Trumpet Swan
: : This beautiful, touching cycle of five love songs on poems by Pablo Neruda was composed by Peter Lieberson for his wife, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. They were first presented in Los Angeles in May, 2005. This recording, coming as it does just months after Hunt Lieberson's untimely death, is a fitting tribute to her art. The songs are as arrestingly lovely and moving as are her performances of them. It will be a long time before another singer dares undertake a performance that might try to bring something new to the music. Scored for mezzo-soprano ... |
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [Hybrid SACD](more) »rank: 8411from: Telarc
: : This beautiful, touching cycle of five love songs on poems by Pablo Neruda was composed by Peter Lieberson for his wife, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. They were first presented in Los Angeles in May, 2005. This recording, coming as it does just months after Hunt Lieberson's untimely death, is a fitting tribute to her art. The songs are as arrestingly lovely and moving as are her performances of them. It will be a long time before another singer dares undertake a performance that might try to bring something new to the music. Scored for mezzo-soprano ... |
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Great Recordings Of The Century - Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto / Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Richter(more) »rank: 15379by: David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter, Herbert von Karajan, George Szell
: :Among the concertos of Beethoven and Brahms, these two have always been stepchildren. One reason is their extreme difficulty; both composers were pianists, so Beethoven wrote an idiomatic part only for the piano. Brahms's friend Joseph Joachim offered advice for the violin concerto, but not for the Double Concerto, which was written as a peace offering after a falling-out. The Beethoven Triple Concerto demands utmost virtuosity, as well as intimate teamwork among the soloists, and that is exactly what these three supreme masters of their instruments bring to it. Free--indeed unaware--of technical problems, they give ... |
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Herbert Von Karajan(more) »rank: 14424starring: Herbert Von Karajan, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Seiji Ozawa, Christian Thielemann, René Kollo
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Godowsky: Strauss Transcriptions and Other Waltzes(more) »rank: 9478by: Hamelin
: :First release in any format! Not just a biographical film,Karajan uncovers the true, personal essence of the uniqueartist behind the public figure, a portrait of a man who wasfull of contradictions and remained a mystery until his death.On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Herbert vonKarajan, Academy Award® nominee Robert Dornhelmhas mined the archives of Unitel, for more than two decadesthe great conductor s production home, for previouslyunreleased material including rehearsal footage, andinterviews with members of the Karajan family, plus suchmusic world luminaries and colleagues as Anne-SophieMutter, Seiji Ozawa, Christian Thielemann, René Kollo,Christa ... |
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Joshua Bell - Gershwin Fantasy(more) »rank: 3736by: Joshua Bell, George Gershwin, John [composer] Williams
: essential recording:On Gershwin Fantasy, Joshua Bell's Stradivari embraces the lyrical spirit of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with more success than most vocalists. Accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra, Bell's violin literally sings through 'It Ain't Necessarily So,' 'Summertime,' 'I Got Rhythm,' and 'Love Is Here to Stay,' while John Williams (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List) serves double duty as conductor and pianist on several tracks. Three Preludes employs the violin and piano transcription by Jascha Heifetz, a longtime Gershwin friend, and features Bell at his jazziest. Even Gershwin himself--well, the recording of a 1926 ... |
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Beethoven: The Piano Concertos [DVD Video](more) »rank: 5278from: Deutsche Grammophon
: essential recording:On Gershwin Fantasy, Joshua Bell's Stradivari embraces the lyrical spirit of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with more success than most vocalists. Accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra, Bell's violin literally sings through 'It Ain't Necessarily So,' 'Summertime,' 'I Got Rhythm,' and 'Love Is Here to Stay,' while John Williams (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List) serves double duty as conductor and pianist on several tracks. Three Preludes employs the violin and piano transcription by Jascha Heifetz, a longtime Gershwin friend, and features Bell at his jazziest. Even Gershwin himself--well, the recording of a 1926 ... |
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Gabrieli · Monteverdi · Vivaldi - Venetian Church Music / Taverner Consort, Choir & Players · Andrew Parrott(more) »rank: 16986by: Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi, Dario Castello, Giovanni Legrenzi, Antonio Lotti, Alessandro Grandi, Andrew Parrott, Choir & Players Taverner Consort
: essential recording:On Gershwin Fantasy, Joshua Bell's Stradivari embraces the lyrical spirit of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with more success than most vocalists. Accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra, Bell's violin literally sings through 'It Ain't Necessarily So,' 'Summertime,' 'I Got Rhythm,' and 'Love Is Here to Stay,' while John Williams (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List) serves double duty as conductor and pianist on several tracks. Three Preludes employs the violin and piano transcription by Jascha Heifetz, a longtime Gershwin friend, and features Bell at his jazziest. Even Gershwin himself--well, the recording of a 1926 ... |
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Works of Igor Stravinsky(more) »rank: 22711from: Sony Classics
:Album Details:2007 Issue of 22 CDs Filled with the Works of the Great Composer Drawn from the Vaults of Columbia Records. |


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