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Buy Now	Debussy: La Mer / Nocturnes / Jeux / Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre - The Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez (more) »rank: 79037 from: Deutsche Grammophon : essential recording:Pierre Boulez made his early reputation as a Debussy conductor, and with good reason. Debussy's reputation as a musical 'impressionist' led most people to think of him as a sort of musical Claude Monet--all blurry outlines and fuzzy images--but Boulez changed this perception, bringing an analytical clarity and razor-sharp definition to the composer's musical mosaics. What he has achieved in this second series of Debussy recordings is an additional naturalness and spontaneity of expression. The Cleveland Orchestra is the ideal vehicle for this sort of interpretation, being perhaps the most technically precise band ...	Buy Now	Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music Special Edition 3CD + DVD (more) »rank: 43818 from: Ellipsis Arts :Album Description:OHM+ : the early gurus of electronic music Special Edition 3CD + DVD Leaps in technology: oscillators, generators, vacuum tubes, amplifiers, transistors, magnetic tape, integrated circuits, and the microchip— inspired new instruments: the telharmonium, theremin, ondes martenot, electronic sackbut, clavivox, electronium, moog synthesizer, and computers— and artists everywhere hungry for new modes of expression. This collection is a humble but bold attempt to give form to the wonderful, multi-directional, inevitable birth of electronic music. 'Many of the ideas in this collection have now been so completely assimilated into popular listening that it may sometimes ...
Buy Now	Vanessa-Mae The Violin Player (more) »rank: 23434 from: Angel Records :Album Description:OHM+ : the early gurus of electronic music Special Edition 3CD + DVD Leaps in technology: oscillators, generators, vacuum tubes, amplifiers, transistors, magnetic tape, integrated circuits, and the microchip— inspired new instruments: the telharmonium, theremin, ondes martenot, electronic sackbut, clavivox, electronium, moog synthesizer, and computers— and artists everywhere hungry for new modes of expression. This collection is a humble but bold attempt to give form to the wonderful, multi-directional, inevitable birth of electronic music. 'Many of the ideas in this collection have now been so completely assimilated into popular listening that it may sometimes ...	Buy Now	Music for the Spanish Kings (more) »rank: 11564 from: EMI Classics :Album Description:OHM+ : the early gurus of electronic music Special Edition 3CD + DVD Leaps in technology: oscillators, generators, vacuum tubes, amplifiers, transistors, magnetic tape, integrated circuits, and the microchip— inspired new instruments: the telharmonium, theremin, ondes martenot, electronic sackbut, clavivox, electronium, moog synthesizer, and computers— and artists everywhere hungry for new modes of expression. This collection is a humble but bold attempt to give form to the wonderful, multi-directional, inevitable birth of electronic music. 'Many of the ideas in this collection have now been so completely assimilated into popular listening that it may sometimes ...
Buy Now	Polka Party! (more) »rank: 64693 by: Weird Al Yankovic :Album Description:OHM+ : the early gurus of electronic music Special Edition 3CD + DVD Leaps in technology: oscillators, generators, vacuum tubes, amplifiers, transistors, magnetic tape, integrated circuits, and the microchip— inspired new instruments: the telharmonium, theremin, ondes martenot, electronic sackbut, clavivox, electronium, moog synthesizer, and computers— and artists everywhere hungry for new modes of expression. This collection is a humble but bold attempt to give form to the wonderful, multi-directional, inevitable birth of electronic music. 'Many of the ideas in this collection have now been so completely assimilated into popular listening that it may sometimes ...	Buy Now	The Vienna I Love, Waltzes From My Heart (more) »rank: 64626 by: Johann Strauss Orchestra : :If Rieu is not the most outstanding purveyor of Viennese waltzes and similar light-hearted fare, he is certainly the most popular and well-known. There are plenty of fun pieces on this album, although, to be just a tad pedantic, more of it is Italian and French than remotely Viennese. But it's all fun, and it's all well-played. --Sarah Bryan Miller
Buy Now	Chopin: Etudes/Preludes/Polonaises (more) »rank: 21403 from: Deutsche Grammophon : essential recording:Chopin may have distrusted romanticism, yet no other romantic composer has worn as well. His music both stings and sings with harmonic adventurousness, together with an uncanny instinct for the geography of the keyboard. The Op. 28 Préludes exemplify Chopin's genius for telegraphing big ideas into snug spaces, while his Études provide an index to his pianistic idiom. Pollini fares best in the Préludes, where his aristocratic pacing and cool control allow the music's mood swings to speak for themselves. The Études glitter with icy accuracy, but the Polonaises lack Rubinstein's rhythmic snap ...	Buy Now	Early Music Festival / David Munrow, Early Music Consort (more) »rank: 58791 by: Antonio Zaccara da Teramo, Giovanni Da Firenze, Lorenzo da Firenze, Jacopo da Bologna, Claudio Monteverdi, Luca Marenzio, Cristofano Malvezzi, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Costanzo Festa, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Giovanni Domenico del Giovane da Nola, Marchetto Cara, David Munrow, John Beckett, James Bowman, Nigel Rogers, Martin Hill, John Frost, Janita Noorman, Grayston Burgess : essential recording:Chopin may have distrusted romanticism, yet no other romantic composer has worn as well. His music both stings and sings with harmonic adventurousness, together with an uncanny instinct for the geography of the keyboard. The Op. 28 Préludes exemplify Chopin's genius for telegraphing big ideas into snug spaces, while his Études provide an index to his pianistic idiom. Pollini fares best in the Préludes, where his aristocratic pacing and cool control allow the music's mood swings to speak for themselves. The Études glitter with icy accuracy, but the Polonaises lack Rubinstein's rhythmic snap ...
Buy Now	22 of the Greatest Polkas (more) »rank: 58981 by: Myron Floren : essential recording:Chopin may have distrusted romanticism, yet no other romantic composer has worn as well. His music both stings and sings with harmonic adventurousness, together with an uncanny instinct for the geography of the keyboard. The Op. 28 Préludes exemplify Chopin's genius for telegraphing big ideas into snug spaces, while his Études provide an index to his pianistic idiom. Pollini fares best in the Préludes, where his aristocratic pacing and cool control allow the music's mood swings to speak for themselves. The Études glitter with icy accuracy, but the Polonaises lack Rubinstein's rhythmic snap ...	Buy Now	Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Firebird-Complete/Scherzo/Firework (more) »rank: 8794 by: I. Stravinsky, Columbia Symphony Orchestra : essential recording:Chopin may have distrusted romanticism, yet no other romantic composer has worn as well. His music both stings and sings with harmonic adventurousness, together with an uncanny instinct for the geography of the keyboard. The Op. 28 Préludes exemplify Chopin's genius for telegraphing big ideas into snug spaces, while his Études provide an index to his pianistic idiom. Pollini fares best in the Préludes, where his aristocratic pacing and cool control allow the music's mood swings to speak for themselves. The Études glitter with icy accuracy, but the Polonaises lack Rubinstein's rhythmic snap ...