 | 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... |
 | 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. |
 | Porgy & Bess: High Performance [Read More ...]
Description: RCA's 1963 highlights disc brought the stars of the early-1950s revival of the work, Leontyne Price and William Warfield, together again. By this time, however, Price was well advanced on her meteoric rise to operatic stardom and Warfield was gaining renown as a recitalist. Both ... |
 | Handel: Messiah [Read More ...]
Description: This performance is demented. Leonard Bernstein cuts a bunch of numbers, and divides the piece into two parts instead of the usual three. He does use a countertenor (the strange-sounding Russell Oberlin), which was unusual in the late '50s when this was recorded, but his interpre... |
 | George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess [Read More ...]
Review: A LONG AWAITED HISTORICAL ISSUE!!!:This is a wonderful historical document of a famous revival of the great George Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS. It is a very good sounding performance of a famous production that toured the world for three years in the early 1950's featuring a very ... |
 | Copland Conducts Copland [Read More ...]
Review: A spectacular performance:For once Sony did a spectacular job at remastering this historical performance. The opening percussions of Fanfare for the Common Man are just explosive but the whole disc is full of colors and a tribute to Copland's masterpieces.
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 | A Copland Celebration Vol. 2 [Read More ...]
Review: Terrific vocal talents for Copland's music:This second Copland collection focuses on unique talents of veteran performers. William Warfield lends his voice and his interpretations of Copland's Old American Songs, and he sings them as they were meant to be, not as classical dilet... |
 | Opera's Greatest Duets [Read More ...]
Review: great listening:This is the 2nd.copy of this recording we have purchased, as we have almost worn the other one out playing it in the car! It's wonderful to hear so many of our favourite opera stars such as Placido, Sherrill Milnes, Monserrat Caballe,Shirley Verrett and Marilyn Ho... |
 | A Copland Celebration Vol. 3 [Read More ...]
Review: Wonderful:I must confess I am unfamiliar with Copland's "The Tender Land" except for this reissue, which I find to be absolutely magnificent. I realize this is a truncated performance, eliminating what I assume to be a fair amount of spoken dialogue. But I don't care. What is ... |
![]() | Handel: Messiah (highlights) HWV56 [Read More ...]
Review: Way off the mark, and Lenny knew it:Bernstein conducted this traditional British-style performance before historical interpretations caught hold. Since he didn't like that style but knew that it was much closer to reality than this dinosaur, he gave up Messiah as far as I know, ... |
 | Modern American Vocal Works - Barber, Copland, Thomson [Read More ...]
Description: A beautifully conceived program, this disc brings together some of the most beloved American melodies of the modern age, such as Copland's Old American Songs. Also included are less frequently heard works, particularly the second set of the Copland cycle. Rarer still are the acco... |
 | Gershwin: Porgy and Bess [Highlights] [Read More ...]
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 | Dreamer: A Portrait of Langston Hughes [Read More ...]
Review: "Eloquent, Exquisite, Exciting":"Dreamer" is unquestionably the finest recording of original songs by black composers available today. The singing of tenor, Darryl Taylor is superb and demonstrates a vocal beauty, musicianship, and interpretive sensitivy that is rarely equaled. ... |
 | Only Opera CD You'll Ever Need [Read More ...]
Short Clips:I am new to Opera and trying to find what I enjoy. I was hoping this CD would lead the way. The clips were too short for me to really get a feel for any song. I would much rather have had fewer tracks and a great selection of songs. |
 | Handel: Messiah (Highlights) [Read More ...]
Review: "Mesias" grandioso & Ormandy de lo mejor:Sin lugar a dudas este es uno de los mayores, mejores y mas populares oratorios de la historia de la música. Y todo ello, hace que la tarea de llevarlo a una grabación sea dificil y posiblemente ingrata, la comparación entre muchas ... |
![]() | Mozart Legendary Interpretations: Bruno Walter. Opera & Concert Arias; Requiem, K626 [Read More ...]
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 | Witness: Skyward My People Rose - Music of William Grant Still [Read More ...]
William Grant Still’s music for chorus, orchestra and organ brings the blues into the concert hall, ragtime to the ballet stage and the Old World into a new era. |
![]() | William Grant Still: Witness, Volume 2 [Read More ...]
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 | Famous Voices of the Past: William Warfield [Read More ...]
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 | Bruckner: Te Deum; Mozart: Requiem [Read More ...]
Review: Requiem, grand performance, terrible recording:I bought this cd for the recording of the Requiem, so no comments on the music by Bruckner.
To say that this recording is 'not perfect' is somewhat of an understatement.... it is in fact absolutely pathetic compared to today's stan... |
