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Buy Now	25 Baroque Favorites (more) »rank: 25023 from: Vox (Classical)	Buy Now	Wynton Marsalis - Baroque Music for Trumpet (more) »rank: 43937 from: Sony
Buy Now	The Complete EMI Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 1: Orchestral [Box Set] (more) »rank: 21560 from: EMI Classics	Buy Now	Brahms at Bedtime: A Sleepytime Serenade (more) »rank: 39901 from: Philips
Buy Now	Bach: Works for Trumpet (more) »rank: 12198 from: EMI Classics : : Alison Balsom's Bach is a spirited romp through various works of the master arranged for trumpet solo and a changing cast of colleagues. Orchestral works are done in a chamber reduction, with the trumpet taking the solo violin part; solo works, like two movements from Bach's Cello Suite No. 2, are played in arrangements for trumpet. Transpositions abound, the net result being vaguely familiar music sounding fresh and different. In general, Balsom is most effective in faster, more outgoing movements and pieces where her bright tone, technical mastery, and sprightly tempos carry the day. ...	Buy Now	The Best of Andrés Segovia: The Millennium Collection (more) »rank: 48049 from: Deutsche Grammophon : : Alison Balsom's Bach is a spirited romp through various works of the master arranged for trumpet solo and a changing cast of colleagues. Orchestral works are done in a chamber reduction, with the trumpet taking the solo violin part; solo works, like two movements from Bach's Cello Suite No. 2, are played in arrangements for trumpet. Transpositions abound, the net result being vaguely familiar music sounding fresh and different. In general, Balsom is most effective in faster, more outgoing movements and pieces where her bright tone, technical mastery, and sprightly tempos carry the day. ...
Buy Now	Baby Galileo (more) »rank: 35870 from: Buena Vista : :The Baby Galileo Concert for Little Ears music CD is an enchanting 20-track, 39:53-minute concert celebrating the wonder of your baby's day from the first light of dawn until bedtime with stars twinkling overhead. Engaging scores from classical composers like Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak and Brahms immerse you and your little one in playful musical portraits. The Baby Galileo Concert for Little Ears music CD features some of the classical scores heard in Baby Galileo Discovering the Sky video. Charming themes from master composers are re-orchestrated for little ears by the Baby ...	Buy Now	Schumann & Grieg: Piano Concertos; Leif Ove Andsnes (more) »rank: 37086 by: Leif Ove Andsnes, Edvard Grieg, Robert Schumann, Mariss Jansons, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra : :Many great pianists have already recorded this now-traditional coupling. Having proven himself to belong in the company of the greats, Andsnes now gets his chance. He has a decided viewpoint on this music, stressing the lyrical elements with some gorgeous tone and phrasing, yet capturing plenty of drive and excitement when required. Jansons seems to challenge his soloist with very energetic readings of the orchestral parts: lots of tympani and broad dynamic contrasts. The collaboration works quite well, and if you don't already have half a dozen CDs with this coupling already in your collection, ...
Buy Now	Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff/Concerto for Piano in Dm; Sonata for Piano No2/Vladimir Horowitz, Pianist (more) »rank: 24950 from: RCA : :Yes, Virginia, Rach 3 existed before David Helfgott and Shine. Vladimir Horowitz made a recording in 1951 that continues to be the delight and despair of every pianist, notwithstanding standard cuts and minor, nerve-induced inaccuracies. The 1980 Second Sonata is looser but no less intense than Horowitz's storied 1968 CBS version, while the short pieces ooze with sex: even the Polka! --Jed Distler	Buy Now	Vivaldi: 4 Violin Concertos; Itzhak Perlman (more) »rank: 12565 by: Itzhak Perlman, Antonio Vivaldi, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra : :Yes, Virginia, Rach 3 existed before David Helfgott and Shine. Vladimir Horowitz made a recording in 1951 that continues to be the delight and despair of every pianist, notwithstanding standard cuts and minor, nerve-induced inaccuracies. The 1980 Second Sonata is looser but no less intense than Horowitz's storied 1968 CBS version, while the short pieces ooze with sex: even the Polka! --Jed Distler