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Buy Now	Ravel: Greatest Hits (more) »rank: 32752 from: Sony	Buy Now	Smetana: Complete Orchestral Works (more) »rank: 24945 from: Brilliant Classics :Album Description:Bedřich Smetana was the first major nationalist composer of Bohemia. Probably best known for his opera The bartered bride and of course The Moldau (from `My fatherland') most of his orchestral music is rather neglected by the average symphony orchestra. Smetana's predilection for anything Bohemian shines through not just in his music but also particularly in the subjects of his symphonic poems and opera. A keen dancer himself, his music often echoes his native dance tunes as well. The composer also had a keen interest in the theatre. ...
Buy Now	Horowitz Live and Unedited [includes Bonus DVD] (more) »rank: 52742 from: Sony :Album Description:Bedřich Smetana was the first major nationalist composer of Bohemia. Probably best known for his opera The bartered bride and of course The Moldau (from `My fatherland') most of his orchestral music is rather neglected by the average symphony orchestra. Smetana's predilection for anything Bohemian shines through not just in his music but also particularly in the subjects of his symphonic poems and opera. A keen dancer himself, his music often echoes his native dance tunes as well. The composer also had a keen interest in the theatre. ...	Buy Now	Copland: Rodeo/Billy The Kid (more) »rank: 49176 from: Sony : :If Copland's own recordings of his music have the warmth of a soft summer night, those by Leonard Bernstein convey the blazing heat of noon. In his later remakes of several of these scores for Deutsche Grammophon, Bernstein exhibited a tendency toward overly-nuanced readings. But his earlier accounts with the New York Philharmonic, recorded by CBS in the late 1950s and early 1960s, are still incomparable in their vitality and impetus. Bernstein's way with the Western ballets is exuberantly personal and persuasive. He has the ability to move between ...
Buy Now	Essential Tchaikovsky (more) »rank: 11291 from: Decca : :If Copland's own recordings of his music have the warmth of a soft summer night, those by Leonard Bernstein convey the blazing heat of noon. In his later remakes of several of these scores for Deutsche Grammophon, Bernstein exhibited a tendency toward overly-nuanced readings. But his earlier accounts with the New York Philharmonic, recorded by CBS in the late 1950s and early 1960s, are still incomparable in their vitality and impetus. Bernstein's way with the Western ballets is exuberantly personal and persuasive. He has the ability to move between ...	Buy Now	The Ultimate Most Relaxing Classics for Kids in the Universe (more) »rank: 19059 from: Denon Records : :If Copland's own recordings of his music have the warmth of a soft summer night, those by Leonard Bernstein convey the blazing heat of noon. In his later remakes of several of these scores for Deutsche Grammophon, Bernstein exhibited a tendency toward overly-nuanced readings. But his earlier accounts with the New York Philharmonic, recorded by CBS in the late 1950s and early 1960s, are still incomparable in their vitality and impetus. Bernstein's way with the Western ballets is exuberantly personal and persuasive. He has the ability to move between ...
Buy Now	Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music (more) »rank: 28040 from: Vox (Classical) : :Sàndor, still active at 90 as this reissue appears, was a student of Bartók and a preferred interpreter of his music. Since this set appeared on nine LPs in the early 1960s, it has been the standard for Bartók's piano music; in this fine-sounding reissue, it still is. Sàndor can hit hard enough for such virtuoso pieces as the Piano Sonata and 'Out of Doors,' but he also retains the romantic element heard in the composer's own playing which tempers the harsher qualities of the music. While this collection ...	Buy Now	Pas de Tot (more) »rank: 15129 from: danceables : :Sàndor, still active at 90 as this reissue appears, was a student of Bartók and a preferred interpreter of his music. Since this set appeared on nine LPs in the early 1960s, it has been the standard for Bartók's piano music; in this fine-sounding reissue, it still is. Sàndor can hit hard enough for such virtuoso pieces as the Piano Sonata and 'Out of Doors,' but he also retains the romantic element heard in the composer's own playing which tempers the harsher qualities of the music. While this collection ...
Buy Now	Debussy: Clair de lune & Other Piano Favourites (more) »rank: 32314 from: Naxos : :Sàndor, still active at 90 as this reissue appears, was a student of Bartók and a preferred interpreter of his music. Since this set appeared on nine LPs in the early 1960s, it has been the standard for Bartók's piano music; in this fine-sounding reissue, it still is. Sàndor can hit hard enough for such virtuoso pieces as the Piano Sonata and 'Out of Doors,' but he also retains the romantic element heard in the composer's own playing which tempers the harsher qualities of the music. While this collection ...	Buy Now	Birds on Fire: Jewish Music for Viols (more) »rank: 48139 from: Harmonia Mundi Fr. : :Sàndor, still active at 90 as this reissue appears, was a student of Bartók and a preferred interpreter of his music. Since this set appeared on nine LPs in the early 1960s, it has been the standard for Bartók's piano music; in this fine-sounding reissue, it still is. Sàndor can hit hard enough for such virtuoso pieces as the Piano Sonata and 'Out of Doors,' but he also retains the romantic element heard in the composer's own playing which tempers the harsher qualities of the music. While this collection ...