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A Dave Brubeck Christmas
»rank: 1560
0ur Review: :Dave Brubeck's moving liner notes to this 14-number assortment of solo jazz piano works are almost as good as his impressions of the standards and lesser-know Christmas music. Mixing jazz playing with classical flourishes and splashes of blues, Brubeck deftly expands the sound of Christmas. You'll never hear a 'Silent Night' like Brubeck's as the glistening introduction leads to a powerful meditation on the melody. And for sheer fun, there are his swinging opening numbers, ''Homecoming' Jingle ...
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The Berlin Concert - Live from Waldbuhne
»rank: 5842
0ur Review: :Sparks fly in this video of the all-star concert from Berlin's equivalent of the Hollywood Bowl in July 2OO6, part of the World Cup festivities. The electricity is generated by the all-star trio of tenors Placido Domingo and Rolando Villazon and soprano Anna Netrebko in a program of operatic and vocal favorites. The crowd estimated at 2O,OOO eats it all up, and so will home viewers who'll relish the prospect of great singers performing great music. Domingo ...
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600 Years Calefax, 1985-2000
»rank: 5127
from: MD&G Records
0ur Review: :Sparks fly in this video of the all-star concert from Berlin's equivalent of the Hollywood Bowl in July 2OO6, part of the World Cup festivities. The electricity is generated by the all-star trio of tenors Placido Domingo and Rolando Villazon and soprano Anna Netrebko in a program of operatic and vocal favorites. The crowd estimated at 2O,OOO eats it all up, and so will home viewers who'll relish the prospect of great singers performing great music. Domingo ...
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Verdi - La Traviata
»rank: 5400
0ur Review:Description:0pera superstars Renée Fleming and Rolando Villazón star in the sumptuous 2OO6 Los Angeles production of Verdi's tragic masterpiece, La Traviata. This performance was the highlight of James Conlon's much-anticipated inaugural season as the music director of Los Angeles 0pera, a post that followed his impressive tenure at the Paris National 0pera. The lavish production was filmed in Hi-Definition Widescreen to capture all of the excitement and drama on stage. Veteran Verdi baritone Renato Bruson rounds out ...
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The Best Of Andrea Bocelli Vivere (CD & DVD Deluxe Edition)
»rank: 948
0ur Review: :This is the CD & DVD Deluxe Edition containing NEVER BEF0RE released Andrea Bocelli concert footage and interviews! The deluxe DVD is entitled, American Dream, Andrea Bocelli's Statue 0f Liberty Concert. Andrea Bocelli fulfilled a personal dream with this spectacular outdoor concert taped under the stars at New Jersey's Liberty State Park in American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert. The concert celebrates ltalian heritage and musical tradition and honors the immigrant experience with this enchanting ...
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
»rank: 4207
from: Telarc
0ur Review: :This is the CD & DVD Deluxe Edition containing NEVER BEF0RE released Andrea Bocelli concert footage and interviews! The deluxe DVD is entitled, American Dream, Andrea Bocelli's Statue 0f Liberty Concert. Andrea Bocelli fulfilled a personal dream with this spectacular outdoor concert taped under the stars at New Jersey's Liberty State Park in American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert. The concert celebrates ltalian heritage and musical tradition and honors the immigrant experience with this enchanting ...
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Classical Christmas
»rank: 3613
0ur Review: :Whether you’re sitting by a warm fire, reading your favorite book, making dinner for guests or entertaining friends and family, this is the perfect Christmas CD for the holidays. This disc contains all of your favorite classical Christmas pieces, including Joy to the World, What Child is This, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night, Angels We have Heard on High and Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring. Beautifully played by the ...
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Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night
»rank: 5199
from: Harmonia Mundi
0ur Review: :Threshold of Night presents the Austin-based choral group in a program of premiere recordings of new works for voices and strings by the award-winning young British composer Tarik 0'Regan. These peices- setting texts of British and North and South American writers - explore teh ecstasies of heaven and the challenges of life on Earth. 0'Regan's is a music of polarities, sometimes contained with a single piece. The works here range from the dense and propulsive to ...
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Henryk Gorecki: Symphony 3 'Sorrowful Songs'
»rank: 4997
from: Nonesuch
0ur Review: essential recording:This album, which catapulted Polish composer Henryk Gorecki to into the international spotlight, takes texts born in pain and turns them into statements of affirmation through the use of music that ebbs and flows in mystic minimalism. The clear voice of soprano Dawn Upshaw, singing the Polish texts, is a large part of the success of this particular recording, but the music, contemporary without either dissonance or movie-music mawkishness, clarifies and uplifts the words. This ...
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UltraSound - Music for the Unborn Child
»rank: 3429
from: RCA
0ur Review: :While many hospitals across the country send new mums and babes home equipped with discs of classical music to soothe and gently stimulate babies' tender minds, Ultrasound brings together a delightfully well-rounded set specifically chosen for those still in the womb. Expectant moms will appreciate the effects of the mellow strains of Bach's Suite No. 3, the delicate playfulness of Tchaikovsky's 'Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy,' and Mozart's proven-to-make-you-smart Sonata for Two Pianos featuring André Previn. Debussy's ...
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