 | Handel - Messiah / Ameling · A. Reynolds · Langridge · Howell · Marriner [Read More ...]
Description: Neville Marriner's 1976 account of the Covent Garden version of the score (1743), with the Academy and Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and soloists Elly Ameling, Anna Reynolds, Philip Langridge, and Gwynne Howell, is positively plush-sounding but nicely animated. I'd love to ... |
 | Mendelssohn: Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Review: A terrific compilation:The idea of a greatest hits album for a classical composer is nearly an absurdity,but the selections for this package are almost perfect.The signature magic sound of Ormandy and his great Philly Orchestra open with Symphony 4 movement 1.Ormandy and crew rea... |
 | Poulenc - Melodies / Ameling · Gedda · W. Parker · Sénéchal · Souzay · Baldwin [Read More ...]
Review: The near perfect set of Poulenc performances:I have owned the LP-version of this set of recordings for almost two decades. A veritable treasure. Now that the cd-version is available, I hesitate to make the switch. I have listened to samples presented on Amazon's website and I rea... |
 | Baroque for Beauty Sleep: Sweet Dreams for Beautiful Dreamers [Read More ...]
beauty sleep: This music is perfect for bed time.
Beautiful classic music that lulls you to sleep. |
 | Elly Ameling ~ Schubert · Schumann - Songs [Read More ...]
Review: Could Schubert ask for a more perfect performance?:One of Schubert's last and greatest songs (and that's saying a lot for arguably the greatest songwriter of any era) was The Shepherd on the Rock (Der Hirt auf dem Felsen). This song, in which the soprano is joined by piano and c... |
 | More Mozart for Mothers-to-Be [Read More ...]
good opera:I have been a fan of classical music for 15 years, but have had little success finding opera I enjoy. This CD is all opera, and I have enjoyed every song. |
 | Debussy - Mélodies / Ameling · Mesplé · Command · Souzay · von Stade · Baldwin [Read More ...]
Review: Another master craftsman of the French Chanson:This is an excellent companion to the glorious Faure Melodies, also from EMI. After listening to the Faure Melodies, I was really eager to hear more raw compositional genius pored into the duets between piano and voice, all with a fo... |
 | Bach: Cantatas BWV 80, 140, 147; Jesu, meine Freude [Read More ...]
Beautiful and ethereal :For ADD, the sound quality is excellent. And, while artistry is a matter of taste, I was impressed by the ability of the artists to capture the spirit of Bach. If this doesn't give you goose-bumps, get a DNA test; you might be a cyborg. |
 | Bach: Cantatas Nos. 80, 140, 147; Motet [Read More ...]
Description: In two classic recordings from 1957 and 1967, conductors Geraint Jones and Wolfgang Gonnenwein, two first-rate choirs, and some of the century's top soloists combine to give performances that exemplify the ideal of modern, pre-period-revival Bach. But even period-performance e... |
 | Artistry of Elly Ameling (Coll) [Read More ...]
Review: Elly Ameling now more available :I had a 33 rpm album of Elly Ameling singing Schubert lieder accompanied by piano and clarinet at times. It was one of my all time favorite albums so I have been disappointed that I have not been able to find it anywhere on CD.
Now I can just bu... |
 | Faure: Melodies/Lieder/Songs (complete) [Read More ...]
Review: PARTED TONGUES:Thank goodness my French is adequate enough for this set, because my Dutch most certainly is not. I should say at the outset that these four discs are a musical experience about as near perfection as any of us are likely to encounter in this imperfect human scene. ... |
 | Ave Maria--Lieder [Read More ...]
Review: Brilliant!:My wife and I were privileged to hear her in person a number of times. We would leave her concerts in a daze, with tears running down our faces.
Her dark, tempestuous "Die junge Nonne" with its gorgeous allelujah, her passionate and bewitched "Gretchen am Spinnrade", ... |
 | Mendelssohn: Elias [Read More ...]
Description: This is undoubtedly the most successful oratorio composed since Handel's Messiah, and for a long time in mid-19th-century England, where Mendelssohn had conducted the first performances, it was even more popular than Messiah. It has lost some of that popularity, along with the or... |
 | Fauré - Mélodies / Souzay · Ameling · Baldwin [Read More ...]
Review: Le parfum d'extase:This 4-CD set receives five stars from me in spite of some flaws. I'll outline those flaws first.
Firstly (a flaw to me, perhaps not to others), I'm not very fond of Gérard Souzay's voice and vocal approach. He frequently sounds blustery and the timbre does n... |
 | The Hyperion Schubert Edition 7 / Elly Ameling, Graham Johsnon [Read More ...]
Description: Elly Ameling is, of course, one of the great lieder singers of the century, and Hyperion was fortunate to obtain her services at the end of her career, but still in good vocal estate. The highlight of this exceptionally varied program comes at the end in the form of the three Mig... |
 | The Best of Great Voices: 20th Century Masters/Christmas Collection [Read More ...]
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 | Schumann: Frauenliebe- und Leben; Schubert: Lieder für Gretchen, Ellen und Suleika [Hybrid SACD] [Read More ...]
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 | Mozart: Lieder; Notturni [Read More ...]
Review: What a wonderful Surprise:I wanted to get an album with Ellie Amling singing at least some Mozart songs or even arias. I was delighted to find this album and even more delighted when I started listening. The songs sparkle and she renders Mozart about as well as anyone ever did, I... |
 | Schubert: Lieder [Hybrid SACD] [Read More ...]
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 | Beethoven: Missa Solemnis & Mass in C Major [Read More ...]
Review: A bad Missa Solemnis (for me):I know that I will offend some of you with this review but I will make up for it with a recommendation at the end...
This is one of the WORST recordings of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis i've ever heard in my entire life! Why?? No Structure, No Grande... |
