 | Let Yourself Go [Read More ...]
Description: Kristin Chenoweth won a Tony for the supporting role of Sally Brown in the 1999 revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, made a memorably vampy Lily in the 1999 television film of Annie, and had an NBC sitcom created for her, Kristin! Now she grabs the spotlight in Let Yourse... |
 | The Essential Yo-Yo Ma [Read More ...]
Description: 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 m... |
 | Greatest Hits: Broadway [Read More ...]
Simply OK:I haven't enjoyed this one very much. As a matter of fact, I passed it on. Seemed lackluster somehow. |
 | An American Journey [Read More ...]
Description: The Grammy®-Nominated Eroica Trio presents a stirring all-American program for their latest album, An American Journey. Along with new arrangements of Porgy and Bess and West Side Story, the album features the premiere recording of Mark O'Connor's "Poets and Prophets," inspired ... |
 | 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 ... |
 | Renee Fleming: By Request [Read More ...]
Description: "by Request" is a Collection of Fleming's Greatest and Most Popular Recordings Including Works by Mozart, Bellini, Pucchini, Verdi and Dvorak. Featuring Recordings from Renee Fleming's Outstanding Decca Discography Together with Two Glorious Tracks Strauss "Cacilie" and Verdi's "... |
 | The Best of Kathleen Battle [Read More ...]
Wow!:K Battle is the 'Nat King Cole of opera!' So smooth, warm and beautiful yet surprisingly lyrical and a vocal range that is remarkable. The high notes are chrystal clear yet with that smoothness and warmth mentioned earlier. You won't be disappointed. |
 | Our American Journey [Read More ...]
Description: This is Chanticleer's 25th recording and also marks its 25th anniversary season. The title refers to the group's wide-ranging repertoire; this disc includes Mexican baroque, traditional American songs in various styles and music commissioned by Chanticleer itself. A program that ... |
 | Fiedler's Favorite Marches [Read More ...]
Fiedler's Favorite Marches :Marches are of a wide variety, very well done. A really exciting and motivation collection of world famous marches. |
 | Porgy & Bess [Read More ...]
Description: Getting the two most personable voices in jazz to sing an hour's worth of George Gershwin's opera Porgy & Bess (Ella doing all the female parts, Satchmo all the male) was a good idea, but not quite as great as it sounded. Armstrong savors the down-and-dirty Charlestonisms that in... |
 | The London Trombone Sound [Read More ...]
Description: Cala once again brings you some of the finest orchestral musicians in London; this time the focus is on the trombone section. With outstanding arrangements by Eric Crees, principal trombone of the London Symphony Orchestra, this disc represents the ultimate showcase for this vers... |
 | Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music [Read More ...]
Review: This box selection is enjoyable:Cheers to those with drive to attain "real" music student status. However, I just want to listen to music passages I have found enjoyable over the years. There is no pretense of this selection being a student workbook of classical music for the s... |
 | Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits [Read More ...]
Description: For those who want the most remembered passages of classical music's best-loved works, here's a package for you. On this bargain priced double-CD, you'll find music from 40 different classical composers; for the most part, the recordings excerpted here are some of the very best. ... |
 | Charlotte Church [Read More ...]
Description: To judge by the impassioned responses to her debut album Voice of an Angel, Charlotte Church has already set extraordinary expectations for any follow-up. After all, the vocal phenomenon from Cardiff, Wales, took up a place in The Guinness Book of Records as the youngest artist ... |
 | Time Life Presents: Classical Thunder [Read More ...]
Review: Classical Thunder ROCKS:This CD contains the classical music that baby boomers recognize from movies and TV when we were young. It is a fun listen when you don't want to hear the chatter on the radio or to sing along. When you hear the William Tell Overture you can see Hopalong C... |
 | Encore [Read More ...]
Description: In a career that's veered from '70s pop chanteuse to Broadway star and neo-operatic diva, Sarah Brightman has brought a critics-be-damned sense of dramatic scale to nearly every project she's tackled. As the title suggests, the tracks here are largely culled from her Songs That G... |
 | Kiri [Read More ...]
Review: Great representation of music from a great singer:A terrific album by a great singer. This album represents the considerable territory that Kiri Te Kanawa covers in here repertoire. She moves easily from Handel to Puccini to Jerome Kern. The insertion of classic show tunes as ... |
 | Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) [Read More ...]
Review: Could Have Used More Shows:Of course there should have been much more. I remember there been a Metropolian Opera series called CAST ALBUMS- 100 YEARS that was put out for a limited time only and had like five volumes.
As Peter Filichia noted they left out SHE LOVES ME, BRIGADOON ... |
 | Take 9 - Works for Horn Ensembles [Read More ...]
Description: OK horn fans, here it is…one the world’s esteemed chamber groups teams up with one of the world’s most storied horn sections for a CD that is-literally and figuratively-a blast! This recording is by any measure a virtuoso performance; these nine guys, all gifted in their ow... |
 | Stars & Stripes Forever and the Greatest Marches [Read More ...]
Review: Ok for the most part:I love Fiedler and the Boston Pops. Used to watch him on PBS all the time. So I thought I was prepared for a symphonic version of the marches. For the most part they are pretty good. However, I was completely disappointed with the Colonel Bogey march. Th... |
