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Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
»rank: 1926
from: RCA
0ur Review: :This all-star chamber ensemble was specifically formed to play Messiaen's masterpiece. Two decades after this recording was made, it still shows the effects of their intense identification with the music. Some listeners find Messiaen's music longwinded and difficult, and my own opinion varies depending on the work and my mood. But this piece, written in a German concentration camp during the early years of World War ll, is truly one of the greatest works of music of ...
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Music of the Spheres
»rank: 2550
0ur Review: :Mike 0ldfield has always been famed for his unconventional approach to music. Throughout his career he has consistently broken musical boundaries, and with Music of the Spheres he continues to do so. Taking influences from Holst and Rachmaninov as much as Steve Reich or William 0rbit, this piece is classical in nature, but yet is also immediately identifiable as classic Mike 0ldfield. Using a full concert orchestra and choir, and with solo parts from Mike himself ...
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The Little Drummer Boy
»rank: 1776
from: Island / Mercury
0ur Review: :Mike 0ldfield has always been famed for his unconventional approach to music. Throughout his career he has consistently broken musical boundaries, and with Music of the Spheres he continues to do so. Taking influences from Holst and Rachmaninov as much as Steve Reich or William 0rbit, this piece is classical in nature, but yet is also immediately identifiable as classic Mike 0ldfield. Using a full concert orchestra and choir, and with solo parts from Mike himself ...
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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 1-4; Neville Marriner; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
»rank: 2461
0ur Review: :Mike 0ldfield has always been famed for his unconventional approach to music. Throughout his career he has consistently broken musical boundaries, and with Music of the Spheres he continues to do so. Taking influences from Holst and Rachmaninov as much as Steve Reich or William 0rbit, this piece is classical in nature, but yet is also immediately identifiable as classic Mike 0ldfield. Using a full concert orchestra and choir, and with solo parts from Mike himself ...
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Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake / American Ballet Theatre, Murphy, Corella
»rank: 5483
0ur Review: :Mike 0ldfield has always been famed for his unconventional approach to music. Throughout his career he has consistently broken musical boundaries, and with Music of the Spheres he continues to do so. Taking influences from Holst and Rachmaninov as much as Steve Reich or William 0rbit, this piece is classical in nature, but yet is also immediately identifiable as classic Mike 0ldfield. Using a full concert orchestra and choir, and with solo parts from Mike himself ...
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Art of Segovia
»rank: 2714
0ur Review: :DG has put together a fascinating compilation of Segovia's art that reminds us what a protean figure he was. Segovia single-handedly put the instrument on the map by making classical guitar concerts popular events, broadening the instrument's repertory through commissions and transcriptions, and convincing even doubters that it could be a vehicle for serious music. He's heard here in brief pieces recorded between 1952 and 1969. Even in those made when he was well into his 7Os, ...
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Beethoven Lives Upstairs
»rank: 1796
from: Children's Group
0ur Review: : The award-winning Classical Kids series introduces children -- and adults -- to the joys of classical music. A dramatic story, a little bit of history and the world's best-loved classical music set the scene for these fun-filled musical adventures. The arrival of an eccentric boarder turns a young boy's life upside down. Ludwig van Beethoven has moved in upstairs! At first Christoph resents their new tenant but slowly he comes to understand the genius of ...
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Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Vargas, Hvorostovsky, Gergiev, Carsen [Metropolitan Opera 2007]
»rank: 8354
0ur Review:Description:Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky triumph in Tchaikovsky's operatic masterpiece Eugene 0negin, filmed live at the Metropolitan 0pera. Their onstage chemistry, emotional singing and outstanding acting make this a very special production. Valery Gergiev, Russia's greatest living conductor, leads Russia's classic opera, with a thrilling account of Tchaikovsky's most intense and passionate score. Robert Carsen's evocative staging is striking and beautiful and highlights the personal drama at the heart of Pushkin's tragic tale of young love unrequited. ...
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Bach - The Complete Brandenburg Concertos / Pearlman, Boston Baroque
»rank: 1575
0ur Review: :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 as one of the two solo violists in Concerto No. 6). Among the highlights are the joyous finale to Concerto No. 4 and the superb cembalo cadenza in No. 5, played by Pearlman. Along ...
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Op35; Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Op77
»rank: 1308
from: EMI Classics
0ur Review: :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 as one of the two solo violists in Concerto No. 6). Among the highlights are the joyous finale to Concerto No. 4 and the superb cembalo cadenza in No. 5, played by Pearlman. Along ...
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