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Buy Now	Infernal Violins (more) »rank: 24551 from: Analekta : :Angèle Dubeau is a remarkable violinist, and here, she and her all-woman, 12-strong (including herself) group, La Pieta, tackle some of the showiest---and most interesting---virtuoso pieces composed or transposed for solo violin and strings, in various combinations, and occasionally featuring a piano. The violin tone at the start of Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre has a warmth which stays with us throughout the disc, despite the fact that so many of the pieces are razzle-dazzle. Hearing the delicious can-can from the overture to Orpheus in the Underworld so thrillingly played, with as much emphasis on the piano ...	Buy Now	Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps/L'Oiseau de feu/Jeu de cartes/Petrouchka/Pulcinella (more) »rank: 80619 from: Deutsche Grammophon : :This is an excellent Stravinsky collection on all counts. Claudio Abbado's recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra represent the high-water mark of his career, and DG captured the partnership in generally fine sound. This recording of the complete Pulcinella, with the songs included, set an entirely new standard for the work, and its excellence has worn very well in the couple of decades since its initial release. The performance of Jeu de Cartes (Card Game) also should win many new friends for this entertaining late work. As to the Big Three ballets, all of them ...
Buy Now	Polka's All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (more) »rank: 71479 by: Various Artists : :This is an excellent Stravinsky collection on all counts. Claudio Abbado's recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra represent the high-water mark of his career, and DG captured the partnership in generally fine sound. This recording of the complete Pulcinella, with the songs included, set an entirely new standard for the work, and its excellence has worn very well in the couple of decades since its initial release. The performance of Jeu de Cartes (Card Game) also should win many new friends for this entertaining late work. As to the Big Three ballets, all of them ...	Buy Now	The Segovia Collection (more) »rank: 15716 from: Deutsche Grammophon : :The vastly improved sonics which the Deutsche Grammophon production team achieves with its 24/96 remastering of the guitarist's 1952-1969 mono and stereo performances for Decca allow listeners to finally experience the rich tonal palette and intimate nature of Segovia's performance art in a manner commensurate with the fidelity of the original LP releases (minus the edgy digital glare and graininess of the MCA reissues). What emerges is a portrait of the artist as a lightning rod for great composers, such as Manuel Ponce, Federico Torroba, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Isaac Albéniz, and Enrique Granados, all of whom ...
Buy Now	My Flame Burns Blue (more) »rank: 73808 from: Deutsche Grammophon : :Elvis Costello takes the occasion of his first official live release (recorded with the 52-piece Metropole Orkest at The Hague's North Sea Jazz Festival in 2004) to not only recap the various non-rock/pop genres the restless veteran singer-songwriter has explored in recent years, but recast a few of his songbook favorites in striking new musical arrangements as well. The widow of Charles Mingus commissioned Costello to pen lyrics for the rousing revamp of the jazz legend's 'Hora Decubitus' that anchors the album, a task he also performs for the bluesy title track, a reworking of ...	Buy Now	Watkins Ale: Music of the English Renaissance (more) »rank: 69903 from: Dorian Recordings : :If you think people didn't have much fun in the 16th century, you may change your mind after you hear the kind of music the ordinary folks were singing, playing, and listening to. The Baltimore Consort, internationally recognized for its outstanding programs and performances of early music, offer us an immediately appealing--and irresistible--assortment of popular tunes from 16th-century England, some of which you may recognize in their modern incarnations. 'There were three ravens,' 'Greensleeves,' and John Dowland's famous 'Lachrimae Pavan' are a few of the better-known pieces. The Baltimore Consort is known not only for ...
Buy Now	Horizons - Leif Ove Andsnes (more) »rank: 4954 from: EMI Classics : : A great player can give meaning and substance even to lightweight miniatures. Andsnes says that his musical 'horizon,' at first limited to 'big, important' music, opened to the appreciation of the short 'salon' pieces and arrangements assembled on this record only as he got older, though they had accompanied him since childhood. The program features original compositions and transcriptions, including many familiar favorites. They span several centuries and come from every corner of Europe. Andsnes' virtuosity is breath-taking, his tone is beautiful, and his legato sings regardless of the accompanying texture. Above all, he ...	Buy Now	Bassoonatics! (more) »rank: 38190 from: Musica Viva : : A great player can give meaning and substance even to lightweight miniatures. Andsnes says that his musical 'horizon,' at first limited to 'big, important' music, opened to the appreciation of the short 'salon' pieces and arrangements assembled on this record only as he got older, though they had accompanied him since childhood. The program features original compositions and transcriptions, including many familiar favorites. They span several centuries and come from every corner of Europe. Andsnes' virtuosity is breath-taking, his tone is beautiful, and his legato sings regardless of the accompanying texture. Above all, he ...
Buy Now	Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid and Rodeo Suite; Ferde Grofé:Grand Canyon Suite (more) »rank: 77918 from: RCA : : A great player can give meaning and substance even to lightweight miniatures. Andsnes says that his musical 'horizon,' at first limited to 'big, important' music, opened to the appreciation of the short 'salon' pieces and arrangements assembled on this record only as he got older, though they had accompanied him since childhood. The program features original compositions and transcriptions, including many familiar favorites. They span several centuries and come from every corner of Europe. Andsnes' virtuosity is breath-taking, his tone is beautiful, and his legato sings regardless of the accompanying texture. Above all, he ...	Buy Now	100 Best Film Classics (more) »rank: 17580 from: Angel Records : : A great player can give meaning and substance even to lightweight miniatures. Andsnes says that his musical 'horizon,' at first limited to 'big, important' music, opened to the appreciation of the short 'salon' pieces and arrangements assembled on this record only as he got older, though they had accompanied him since childhood. The program features original compositions and transcriptions, including many familiar favorites. They span several centuries and come from every corner of Europe. Andsnes' virtuosity is breath-taking, his tone is beautiful, and his legato sings regardless of the accompanying texture. Above all, he ...