 | Bach - The Complete Brandenburg Concertos / Pearlman, Boston Baroque [Read More ...]
Description: Boston Baroque and Martin Pearlman recorded a splendid set of the Brandenburg Concertos on period instruments in 1993 and 1994. Made entirely in the US, these snappy, crisply articulated, and fluent performances rely heavily on the talents of violinist Daniel Stepner (who doubles... |
 | Classic Yo-Yo [Read More ...]
Description: Except for one "previously unreleased" recording and two new ones, this is a compilation of segments taken from older Yo-Yo Ma CDs, perhaps to whet listeners' appetite to hear the entire records. The disc represents a triumph of performance over material. The program consists of ... |
 | Marches: Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Review: For Water Aerobics, a Top-Ten CD:I provide music for water aerobics classes. The class members are typically retirees, and like Classical music, yet until this CD the only Classical music with a beat distinctive and steady enough for water aerobics that I'd found was on the "Hoo... |
 | Pachelbel Canon and Other Baroque Hits [Read More ...]
pachelbel canon and other baroque hits:THe Bach Brandenburg #2 (William Buckley's Firing Line Theme)is the one that was used on the show. Wonderful interpretation and playing. |
 | The Only Classical CD You'll Ever Need! [Read More ...]
OMG! Think of the Money I Could Have Saved!:There's one horrible omission from this anthology of "Zerspoilerte Musik" however. How could they claim that this is "the only classical CD you'll ever need" without a single track of Glenn Gould playing Bach! |
 | Bach: The Complete Orchestral Suites [Read More ...]
Description: There is no dearth of recordings of the Bach Orchestral Suites, but this new one goes right to the top of the list of recommended performances. Pearlman and his Boston Baroque play on period instruments but there is never any stridency in the strings, none of the odd pressured qu... |
 | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons [Hybrid SACD] [Read More ...]
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 | Dies Irae-The Essential Choral Collection [Read More ...]
Description: This certainly is a desirable compendium of some of the most famous large-scale choral pieces, primarily drawn from Deutsche Grammophon's catalog of operas and oratorios. Among the 30 selections on this two-disc set are choruses from Carmen, Lohengrin, Aida, Madame Butterfly, ... |
 | Monteverdi - Vespers of 1610 (Vespro della Beata Vergine) / Chandler, R. Croft, Atkinson, Numura, Boston Baroque, Pearlman [Read More ...]
Description: This performance of Monteverdi's extraordinary collection of sacred music, which received a 1999 Grammy nomination, has its good points, but it can't really be considered best even in its class. Martin Pearlman leads a relatively large-scale performance, using a 30-member chorus ... |
 | Handel - Messiah / Clift · Robbin · Fowler · Ledbetter · Boston Baroque, Pearlman [Read More ...]
Handel Messiah Boston Baroque:This is the best rendering of the Messiah I have heard in a long time. Mr. Perlman is a genius, and the ensemble performs in perfect harmony. |
 | Classics: Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Review: Great selection, but quality could be better.:First off, this cd has some of my favorite classical songs on it. The songs themselves are great, and many are instantly recognizable for all those who didn't know their names.
The recording quality of this cd isn't great. For mo... |
 | Lost Music of Early America: Music of the Moravians [Read More ...]
Description: When the subject of 18th-century music comes up, the United States is rarely considered any sort of creative artistic bastion. But this collection of Moravian religious music reveals how deep a fallacy it is to write off the U.S. as unimportant in vocal music history. The Moravia... |
 | The Best of Bach [Read More ...]
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 | Classic Wedding Album [Read More ...]
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 | Stress Busters: Music for a Less-Stress World [Read More ...]
Review: Music that soothes the most savage beasts! (my kids!):Have you ever had "one of those days" where you are so stressed that you feel like you're going to blow up?
Put this CD on, and even the kids calm down! I'm serious, it really works! This is a collection of beautiful, calming... |
 | Cherubini - Requiem [Read More ...]
Description: Cherubini's Requiem in C minor, by turns ethereal, highly dramatic and ultimately transcendent, was triumphantly premiered on January 21, 1817 in a memorial concert below the abbey church of St. Denis to commemorate the anniversary of the executions of Louis XVI and Marie Ant... |
 | The Wedding Album [Read More ...]
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 | Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Part 2 [Read More ...]
Handel Concerti Grossi:My old "music appreciation" text from college listed Handel's concerti grossi as equal to the best baroque music ever written. I'm not sure I'd totally agree but it is very nice to listen to. |
 | Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Water Music [Read More ...]
Review: An absolute pleasure:First, the performance. Using authentic instruments, Boston baroque conjure up a radically different world of sound to the frequently plodding, homogenised recordings of the pre-period days. This is Handel full of variety and incident. Faster tempi really dan... |
 | Mozart Flute Concertos & Symphony 41 "Jupiter" / Pearlman, Zoon, Boston Baroque (Multichannel Hybrid SACD [Read More ...]
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