 | Vivaldi: Four Seasons [Hybrid SACD] [Read More ...]
Review: Who Knew Vivaldi?:I have a somewhat unique take on this recording.
I pretty much exclusively listen to pop/rock music. However, when I got my SACD/DVD-A surround system, I found that the selection of pop/rock offerings was very limited. So I decided to give classical recording... |
 | Janine Jansen: Concertos & Romance [Read More ...]
Description: Janine Jansen has gained a worldwide critical following for her fresh look at the pillars of core violin repertoire and her intense and lyrical approach to the music. After her successful Vivaldi Four Seasons recording, Jansen presents her first major concerto album. This reco... |
 | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Janine Jansen [Read More ...]
Description: Janine Jansen Follows her First Decca Album of Violin Favorites with this High-energy Account of Vivaldi's Four Violin Concertos, Known and Loved as 'the Four Seasons'. The Dutch Violinist Leads her Specially Selected Group of Soloists in a Fresh Look at the Most Loved of all Cla... |
 | Dohnányi: Serenade for String Trio; Sextet [Read More ...]
Review: About Spectrum Concerts:Spectrum Concerts Berlin is that city's premier chamber organization, giving six to eight concerts annually to consistent acclaim. They are a youthful ensemble with that exceptional listening that only the best chamber music achieves. Janine Jansen, the fi... |
 | Bach: Inventions & Partita [Read More ...]
Description: Fresh from a triumphant concerto recording featuring Mendelssohn and Bruch, the pillars of the Romantic violin repertoire, Janine Jansen reverts to the roots of violin playing, and the music of Bach. On her latest recording, Janine performs Bach's beloved two and three part inven... |
 | Janine Jansen [Read More ...]
Janine is also a great chamber musician...:Perhaps because of growing up in a musical family, Janine is also an outstanding chamber musician; but you have to look for her under "Spectrum Concerts Berlin" where she is first violin in albums of Dohnanyi, Harbison and Robert Helps. |
 | Total Classics [Read More ...]
2-CD compilation featuring the greatest stars including Bond, Hayley Westenra, Russell Watson, Pavarotti, The Three Tenors, Sarah Brightman and many others. Decca. 2004. |
 | The Classical Album 2005 [Read More ...]
Review: Very Enjoyable for all music fans:This is very good collection of music that brings to life a wide variety of music that is both old and contemporary. The selections vary from composers, historical and famous such as Pavarotti and Puccini to today's James Horner (Titanic, A Beau... |
 | Le Meilleur de l'Opérette [Read More ...]
Review: Melodies to miraculously cure the moribund!!!:This 2000 3-CD set is a new edition of 2-CD set from 1990 titled "Opérette-Passion" from EMI France. By popular request, this adds to the already mirific collection a third CD containing some of the real glories of mid-XXth century F... |
 | Chamber Works [Read More ...]
Review: terry bozzio's chamber music:I think we can all agree (with the other reviewers) that this is not a rock album. If you have ever heard Frank Zappa's album Orchestral Favorites with Terry Bozzio on drums, this is kind of like Bozzio's follow-up to that. Bozzio's orchestral drumm... |
 | Shostakovich: Piano Quintet; Trio No. 1; 5 Pieces [Read More ...]
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 | John Harbison: Four Songs of Solitude; Variations; Twilight Music [Read More ...]
Review: good although not particularly adventurous:harbison has gotten much attention in recent years, especially because of his opera adaptation of the great gatsby. the pieces on this CD date back to the 80's. they don't sound much more adventurous than, say, bartok or britten, but the... |
 | Robert Helps: Shall We Dance [Read More ...]
Review: One Genuine Gem -- and a Lot of Good Music:Robert Helps (1928-2001) was a successful but minor American composer of the 20th Century, in the mold of Roger Sessions, his teacher. Helps' atonal music -- of the 12-tone persuasion -- is pleasant, at times downright gentle. This CD ... |
 | Inventions & Partitas [Read More ...]
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