 | 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... |
 | 300 Years of Guitar Masterpieces [Read More ...]
Description: Manuel Barrueco is one of the best guitarists I've ever heard. Listen to his own arrangement of Albeniz's Suite Española and you'll have trouble believing it's only two hands on one guitar. But Barrueco doesn't use his technique to show off. He's a solid musician, as expressi... |
 | Switched-On Boxed Set [Read More ...]
Description: In 1968, keyboardist-composer Wendy Carlos released Switched-On Bach, her bestselling LP featuring baroque music performed on the Moog synthesizer. Carlos intended to spread the gospel of electronic classical music through this quirky release; instead, she sold more albums than ... |
 | Bach: Matthaus-Passion (St Matthew Passion) BWV 244 /Bostridge * Selig * Rubens * Scholl * Gura * Henschel * Collegium Vocale * Herreweghe (+CD-Rom) [Read More ...]
Description: The St. Matthew Passion, Bach's monumental retelling of the story of the Last Supper and the arrest and execution of Jesus, typically runs from two-and-a-half to three hours. Yet this performance makes the time... well, not exactly fly past (consider the subject matter), but it'... |
 | Classical Kids: Collection [Read More ...]
Review: It stays with them...:I enjoyed reading the reviews of parents whose kids have recently discovered "Classical Kids." I'm about to order the boxed set for my kids, ages 21, 19 and 16 because the nineteen-year-old, who has a college radio show and loves a wide variety of music, rem... |
 | 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... |
 | Masters of Classical Music (Box Set) [Read More ...]
Review: VALUE VALUE VALUE:I think that this is really one of the best values you're going to find anywhere in the world of classical music, especially for beginners. You're getting 10 CDs, each filled almost to capacity, with the most famous works from the most famous composers in the h... |
 | Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier [Read More ...]
Review: Is it only the bad quality of recording?:The quality of the recording is very bad indeed. Above all there is a terrible resonance effect, and also the timbre is awful. But it isn't only this. There is something else for me, very important. It seems to me that the piano sustaining... |
 | Bach: Concertos [Read More ...]
Creme de la Creme:Cream of the crop, this arrangement and great overview of Bach's Harpsichord work is not to be missed for baroque enthusiasts. This arrangement by Trevor Pinnock is very authentic and beautiful. |
 | Johann Sebastian Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos / 4 Orchestral Suites - The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock [Read More ...]
Review: Pinnock's Brandenburgs:Pinnock and the English Concert manage to imbue these popular pieces with both originality and good taste on period instruments. Other ensembles might throw all caution to the wind in striving for a sort of punk Baroque, still others might strip them of exc... |
 | Baby Einstein: Sing and Play Music Collection [Read More ...]
BABY EINSTEIN, SING and PLAY MUSIC COLLECTION, is a COLLECTOR'S EDITION, 6 CD SET that comes in a cute little carrying case! Includes Sing and Play, Playdate Fun, Playtime Music Box, Traveling Melodies, Lullaby Classics and Lullaby Classics Volume 2 |
 | 25 Concerto Favorites [Read More ...]
not too bad:For the price, you can't go wrong.*I had purchased an abundance of the "Favorites" collection some were better than others. This one was not too bad compared to the others, but not the best one.I was kind of perturbed when some same tracks on this CD were on another CD, and visa versa. |
 | Rendezvous of Angels - Concert Collection [20 CD Set] [Read More ...]
Description: This heavenly 20-CD set brings together the most beautiful music of all time...it must be what angels listen to! Float in the clouds as you listen to Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez... to name just a few. This Concert Coll... |
![]() | The Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music (Box Set) [Read More ...]
Review: It is the best collection of classic masterpieces.:I had this collection and lost it in 2000 when moving to a new house. I took me a time to find it but after having it again I can say it is the most valuable selection of classic music, it is truly the 100 top masterpieces and t... |
 | 100 Fiedler Favorites [Read More ...]
Description: Perhaps I should start by admitting a bias: Many years ago, lying on Boston's grassy Esplanade by the Charles River on warm summer nights, I learned what a symphony orchestra should sound like, with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra. Those concerts were free; th... |
 | Michael Rabin, 1936-1972 [Read More ...]
Review: In presence of a giant of violin!:In 1972, with just 36 years of fertile and creative existence, thanks to a brilliant and promissory career as virtuosi and sensitive musician, the fate decided for Michael Rabin, he walked other paths.
His level of interpretative excellence, dic... |
 | Bach: Cantatas Volumes 1-5 (75 Cantatas for Sundays and Feast Days of the Church Year) [Read More ...]
Description: As One of the Most Legendary Champions of Bach Karl Richter's Many (And in Some Instances Multiple) Recordings of the Composers Cantata's Arguably is his Greatest Achievement. Richter Enlisted Many of the Finest Vocalists in their Prime During the 1950's Through the Early 70's fo... |
 | The Most Beautiful Melodies of Classical Music, Vol. 1-10 (Box Set) [Read More ...]
Review: Nice surprise...:Some of the first music I purchased years ago at Costco, taking a gamble on the quality of pieces chosen, orchestrations, etc..
This remains among some of my favorite collections, as the music is beautiful, rich, and well-done. I ended up buying it about 8 yrs la... |
 | Christmas Oratorio [Read More ...]
Description: This recording, nominated for a 2001 Grammy, documents as fine a performance of J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio as can be found in the catalog. Led by Helmuth Rilling, it is a vibrant, stylistically informed modern-instrument account in the noble tradition of Karl Richter, featuri... |
 | Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II [Read More ...]
Review: best all-around listening:As a student of the piano, I consider this an essential resource. I find it exciting in its almost scientific approach of covering the 24 major and minor keys in appropriate themes. As each piece unfolds I feel slowly wrapped into a blanket of security i... |
