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Buy Now	25 Classical Favorites (more) »rank: 505 from: Vox (Classical)	Buy Now	25 Mozart Favorites (more) »rank: 631 from: Vox (Classical) : :This is an astonishing collection of works - or parts of works - by Mozart that covers almost every aspect of his creative output: symphonic, religious music, concerti (for piano, horn, violin, clarinet, flute), chamber music, serenades (for strings; winds), a couple of opera overtures and more. Those who know and love Mozart's music will not need this, but it's a great introduction, a great overview. The selections are well-chosen and interestingly organized, with familiar pieces splrinkled among some not-so well known. A good primer. --Robert Levine
Buy Now	Bernstein Century - Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, etc / Bernstein, New York PO (more) »rank: 3037 from: Sony : essential recording:Happy is the composer who has an advocate as passionate and talented as Leonard Bernstein. These Copland performances have been the preferred versions since they were first issued--better even than the composer's own, later recordings. Originally they were spread over two discs, but thanks to the extended playing time of the compact disc, you can now get all three great Copland ballets together, along with the ever popular Fanfare for the Common Man. Bernstein brings to this music the right sharpness of rhythm but also a typically open-hearted warmth. He coaxes a virtuoso response from the New York Philharmonic, ...	Buy Now	Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue/An American In Paris (more) »rank: 1605 from: Sony : essential recording:Happy is the composer who has an advocate as passionate and talented as Leonard Bernstein. These Copland performances have been the preferred versions since they were first issued--better even than the composer's own, later recordings. Originally they were spread over two discs, but thanks to the extended playing time of the compact disc, you can now get all three great Copland ballets together, along with the ever popular Fanfare for the Common Man. Bernstein brings to this music the right sharpness of rhythm but also a typically open-hearted warmth. He coaxes a virtuoso response from the New York Philharmonic, ...
Buy Now	The Essential Yo-Yo Ma (more) »rank: 1682 from: Sony : : Here are three dozen pieces of music, all played by Yo-Yo Ma, culled from his extensive discography. Aside from the technical mastery and beautiful tone that are absolutes in all of his playing, one is dazzled by his curiosity and ability to adapt to so many forms and types of music. His Bach and Vivaldi are pellucid and played with non-sentimental crispness, his tango music gritty and rhythmically pungent, his jazz seemingly spontaneous, the 'Meditation' from Thais simply ravishing, 'Anything Goes' a romp, and the Appalachian music performed with both respect and a great twang, while the traditional Chinese music ...	Buy Now	Bernstein Favorites: Children's Classics (more) »rank: 5383 from: Sony : : Here are three dozen pieces of music, all played by Yo-Yo Ma, culled from his extensive discography. Aside from the technical mastery and beautiful tone that are absolutes in all of his playing, one is dazzled by his curiosity and ability to adapt to so many forms and types of music. His Bach and Vivaldi are pellucid and played with non-sentimental crispness, his tango music gritty and rhythmically pungent, his jazz seemingly spontaneous, the 'Meditation' from Thais simply ravishing, 'Anything Goes' a romp, and the Appalachian music performed with both respect and a great twang, while the traditional Chinese music ...
Buy Now	The Joy of Christmas (more) »rank: 1843 by: John Francis Wade, Anonymous, James R. Murray, Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, Robert de Cormier, Christmas Traditional, Lewis Redner, Bernard de la Monnoye, George Frideric Handel, Gustav Holst, Henry John Gauntlett, Franz Xaver Gruber, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Engelbert Humperdinck, Leonard Bernstein, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, New York Philharmonic : : Here are three dozen pieces of music, all played by Yo-Yo Ma, culled from his extensive discography. Aside from the technical mastery and beautiful tone that are absolutes in all of his playing, one is dazzled by his curiosity and ability to adapt to so many forms and types of music. His Bach and Vivaldi are pellucid and played with non-sentimental crispness, his tango music gritty and rhythmically pungent, his jazz seemingly spontaneous, the 'Meditation' from Thais simply ravishing, 'Anything Goes' a romp, and the Appalachian music performed with both respect and a great twang, while the traditional Chinese music ...	Buy Now	Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'; Slavonic Dances (more) »rank: 4400 from: Apex : : Here are three dozen pieces of music, all played by Yo-Yo Ma, culled from his extensive discography. Aside from the technical mastery and beautiful tone that are absolutes in all of his playing, one is dazzled by his curiosity and ability to adapt to so many forms and types of music. His Bach and Vivaldi are pellucid and played with non-sentimental crispness, his tango music gritty and rhythmically pungent, his jazz seemingly spontaneous, the 'Meditation' from Thais simply ravishing, 'Anything Goes' a romp, and the Appalachian music performed with both respect and a great twang, while the traditional Chinese music ...
Buy Now	The Dvorak Album (more) »rank: 8139 from: Sony : :This compilation of music by Dvorak played by Yo-Yo Ma is just beautiful. Ma seems to understand just when Dvorak wants to be super-Romantic and sappy and when he is in fact being merely his usual expressive self. The former comes into bloom with the Slavonic Dance, in which he's accompanied by Itzhak Perlman and 'Songs My Mother Taught Me,' with Patricia Zander at the piano. But when it comes to revealing Dvorak as one of the most insightful and truly passionate of composers, with a particular understanding of the cello, Ma's playing of the B minor Concerto (under Kurt Masur, ...	Buy Now	Bernstein: Candide; West Side Story; On the Waterfront; Fancy Free (more) »rank: 16816 from: Sony : :This release comes from Sony's immense backlog of famous recordings of Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. In fact, these works trace the evolution of the New York Philharmonic into a world-class orchestra in the late 1950s under Bernstein's hand. At this remove in time, we can almost hear New York in these works. Bernstein deftly captures the shimmering glamour of his music, particularly in Overture to Candide and the astonishing Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. If you don't own this music--and these performances--you should. --Paul Cook Amazon.com:Fancy Free provided Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolf Green with the ...