 | Handel - Messiah - Mormon Tabernacle [Read More ...]
Review: Messiah:This product was just as I had anticipated, excellant, one of the best renditions of Handel's Messiah produced. With the Morman Tabernacle Choir, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and those selected soloists, this was so well presented and simply one of the most inspiring piec... |
 | Joy to the World - Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra [Read More ...]
Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra:This CD, is fabulous. I have seen The Philadelphia Orchestra perform, and the CD is as good as they are in person! |
 | Debussy's Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Review: wonderful relaxer:This is a great CD to listen to after a stressfull day at work. Debussy was an impressionist musician, or that's what they called him during his life. Most people don't know that there were impressionists that were not painters, so this classical musician is a b... |
 | The Glorious Sound of Christmas [Read More ...]
Review: If you only own one Christmas music recording ...:... this is THE ONE! Like several of the other reviewers of this magnificent recording, I originally bought it as an LP and literally wore it out. It has been used to greet Christmas morning in my home ever since. The first cut... |
 | Peter and the Wolf / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Carnival of the Animals [Read More ...]
My kids love this!:I remember this from when I was a child and I'm so happy to be able to share it with my own children. They absolutely love this: in the car, at home, to fall asleep to. The music is just as phenomenal as I remember it and my kids love identifying the different instruments! |
 | Sleigh Ride! Classic Christmas Favorites [Read More ...]
A Wonderful Holiday Classic:This CD is filled with the wonderful musical talents of some of the greatest composers like Anderson, Bach, Mozart, Fiedler, Gruber and many more. It's sure to bring back those wonderful memories of holidays past that are so special. |
 | Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet); Wolfgang Sawallisch; Philadelphia Orchestra [Read More ...]
Loving the classics:"Swan Lake" has great meaning for me. I used to rent LPs and would play them in the basement of Fine Arts on the University of Georgia campus. This was in the '50s. There is nothing as soothing as "Swan Lake." |
 | Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time [Read More ...]
Definitely Ultimate!:It is a beautifully rendered and a varied selection of excellent choices. The best I've heard and I love it! My favorite Christmas album of all time. |
 | Elgar: Cello Concerto; "Enigma" Variations [Read More ...]
Review: EXCELLENCE !!:What else can be said about such an enormous performer this very young woman was? One can only make synthesis: integrity, honesty, the direct expression of a profound vision of human drama. She was not a common performer, she really was a gifted one, but this must b... |
 | David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" [Read More ...]
Symphony fun for kids:Peter and the Wolf is a great way to get the kids to listen to classical music. It's fun and very entertaining. |
 | An Organ Blaster Sampler [Read More ...]
Review: "Blasted" away:I am by no standards an expert on music, let alone organ music. I just purchased this CD because I love the sound of the organ, and wanted an album from a mix of artists before I started branching out to single composers. I would also consider myself an audiophil... |
 | Build Your Baby's Brain [Read More ...]
Description: Hundreds of compilation recordings have been thrust on the market in recent years on the theory that classical music makes a nice, non-threatening accompaniment to everything from working out to making love. And here we have one compilation promising to make your baby smarter. It... |
 | Beethoven: Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Well Done!:I wanted a sampling of Beethoven's works after viewing "Copying Beethoven" and this CD lived up to my expectations. This CD is a good overview of some of his great works. Glad I bought it. |
 | Classics for Kids [Read More ...]
Review: Just for kids?? No way!!:This is wonderful classical music. If the kids like it, great! But, make no mistake about it, this is good for anyone. This is wonderful study music, reading music, or just plain relaxing music. Highlights include "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"; "Mar... |
 | Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff [Read More ...]
Description: Unlike most composer/pianists, Rachmaninoff's instrumental prowess was fully commensurate with his creative gifts. He embraces his youthful First Concertos as if he had encountered an old lover, consumating his passion with stupefying fingerwork in the first movement cadenza. ... |
 | The Best Of Wagner [Read More ...]
good introduction to Wagner:My husband and I did not know very much about Wagner, and this CD is a great introduction to his music. It certainly brings us in the mood to buy more of his CD's. |
 | Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (excerpts) [Read More ...]
Sounds Like A Winter Fantasy:I truly loved this because it reminded me of attending the Nutcracker at the Academy of Music. The performance was prefect. The melodies are so complex that my mind could not replicate the music in my mind. You can only replay the CD to enjoy the sounds. |
 | Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op.71 (excerpts) [Read More ...]
Review: Can't beat the Ormandy Philadelphia strings:In the Waltz of the Flowers, Eugene Ormandy has the violins repeat the theme an octave higher. It was a brilliant innovation! While it wasn't in the original Tchaikovsky score, I'm certain that if Tchaikovsky had heard it, he would have... |
 | Symphonie Fantastique [Read More ...]
Description: Muti's perfectionism is everywhere clear in his stirring, crisp leadership of this many-layered, flavorful work. Some have argued that it's a bit over-the-top; we call that exciting. This is not to say that in the more elegant moments, we don't get some beautifully sculpted, feat... |
 | Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No1, Op107; Violin Concerto No1 (revised), Op99 [Read More ...]
Description: Sony has brought together Shostakovitch's greatest concertos in first recordings made soon after their American premieres by the artists most closely identified with them. Neither performance has been bettered, though some, such as Vengerov's Teldec Violin Concerto, come close. T... |
