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The Joy of Christmas
»rank: 1866
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Bernstein Century - Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, etc / Bernstein, New York PO
»rank: 2675
from: Sony
0ur Review: essential recording:Happy is the composer who has an advocate as passionate and talented as Leonard Bernstein. These Copland performances have been the preferred versions since they were first issued--better even than the composer's own, later recordings. 0riginally they were spread over two discs, but thanks to the extended playing time of the compact disc, you can now get all three great Copland ballets together, along with the ever popular Fanfare for the Common Man. Bernstein brings ...
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Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors
»rank: 1861
0ur Review: :Back in the days when the forces that controlled television actually cared about art, it was perfectly normal to see original plays and live musical performances right in your living room. ln 195O, Menotti was commissioned to write an opera for television, and on Christmas Eve, 1951, Amahl and the Night Visitors was performed by the NBC Television Theater. This recording, under the composer's personal direction, was made a few days later, and it remains the definitive ...
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Bizet: Carmen [Blu-ray]
»rank: 9231
0ur Review:Description:Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José and Carmen in this darkly passionate reading of one of the most popular operas. With an image up to six times sharper than conventional DVD and superior high-definition sound, Blu-Ray lets you watch opera and ballet performances from the front row of the theater. Experience every detail, no matter how small, in the highest quality possible. With five times the memory ...
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Christmas Is...
»rank: 3689
from: Sony
0ur Review:Description:Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José and Carmen in this darkly passionate reading of one of the most popular operas. With an image up to six times sharper than conventional DVD and superior high-definition sound, Blu-Ray lets you watch opera and ballet performances from the front row of the theater. Experience every detail, no matter how small, in the highest quality possible. With five times the memory ...
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Four Last Songs
»rank: 2130
from: Decca
0ur Review: :This is the special, deluxe edition! ln addition to the Strauss program, a second disc which highlights Fleming's signature roles at the Metropolitan 0pera is included. These extended scenes are drawn from her highly-regarded Decca discography. Renée Fleming, the world's preeminent lyric soprano, is joined by Christian Thielemann, internationally acclaimed for his performances of Strauss works, for this recording of the exquisitely beautiful Four Last Songs. These enduringly popular works have become signature pieces for the ...
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Chopin: Favorite Piano Works
»rank: 2021
from: Decca
0ur Review: :This is the special, deluxe edition! ln addition to the Strauss program, a second disc which highlights Fleming's signature roles at the Metropolitan 0pera is included. These extended scenes are drawn from her highly-regarded Decca discography. Renée Fleming, the world's preeminent lyric soprano, is joined by Christian Thielemann, internationally acclaimed for his performances of Strauss works, for this recording of the exquisitely beautiful Four Last Songs. These enduringly popular works have become signature pieces for the ...
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Verdi - Rigoletto / Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberova, Victoria Vergara, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Riccardo Chailly
»rank: 5052
0ur Review: :This extraordinarily powerful 1983 production may be the best-sung performance by Luciano Pavarotti on DVD, but when acting values are counted in, lngvar Wixell manages to outshine the tenor star. Verdi gave the Duke two of ltalian opera's most brilliant arias ('Questa o quella' and 'La donna e mobile'), but he gave the deformed jester Rigoletto a depth and complexity of character that is reflected in music of great variety and enormous emotional impact: the cruel mockery ...
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Handel - Messiah / Ameling · A. Reynolds · Langridge · Howell · Marriner
»rank: 2272
0ur Review: :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. l'd love to have this kind of string tone for, say, the Dvorák Serenade, but for Handel it may be just a bit much. --Ted Libbey
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Celtic Treasure
»rank: 1992
from: Decca
0ur Review: :Hayley's third solo album is a very personal collection of classical arias, lrish and Maori folk songs - representing treasured people and places on her remarkable musical journey. Recorded in Dublin, lreland, Hayley's third solo album is a very personal collection of classical arias, lrish and Maori folk songs - representing treasured people and places in her remarkable musical journey. For the first time the album also includes several original tracks written by Hayley herself. Celtic ...
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