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More Than 50 Most Loved Hymns
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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Greatest Hits: 22 Best-Loved Favorites
»rank: 3375
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The Holly and the Ivy: Carols from Clare College
»rank: 2020
from: Decca
0ur Review: :lnitially released in 1979, this album built on the success of the legendary Carols for Choirs volumes in establishing John Rutter's name with the wider public, and it gave a strong hint that he was more than just a talented composer-arranger. As the many subsequent releases on the Collegium label have also shown, Rutter is a deeply sensitive and musical conductor, alive to the color of words, always allowing phrases to breathe naturally. The accomplished Clare College ...
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Andre Rieu: Christmas with Andre Rieu
»rank: 9264
0ur Review:Description:As seen on PBS... A delightful Christmas experience featuring timeless yuletide favorites filmed in many of Europe's most beautiful locations.
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The Promise of Music
»rank: 5088
0ur Review:Description:The Promise of Music is a full-length feature film about the story of Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Youth 0rchestra of Venezuela. The film documents Dudamel preparing his orchestra in Caracas for their upcoming concert at the Beethovenfest in Bonn, 2OO7. Following different young musicians in their day-to-day lives, the film shows how classical music has the capability of changing both the individual and their environment. Director Enrique Sanchez Lansch previously created the award-winning documentary Rhythm ...
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The Most Famous Opera Duets
»rank: 2753
from: EMI Classics
0ur Review: :This is a misnomer--not all of these duets are all that famous--but it's a fine compilation nonetheless. You'll hear selections from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers (Nicolai Gedda and Ernest Blanc at their most elegant French), Madama Butterfly (Carlo Bergonzi and Renata Scotto--an impassioned pair), Lucia di Lammermoor (a classy Alfredo Kraus and Edita Gruberova), the lovely Lakme duet, The Presentation of the Silver Rose from Der Rosenkavalier (with the earnest Christa Ludwig and the other-worldly Teresa Stich-Randall), ...
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Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7
»rank: 1878
from: Ecm Records
0ur Review: :This is a misnomer--not all of these duets are all that famous--but it's a fine compilation nonetheless. You'll hear selections from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers (Nicolai Gedda and Ernest Blanc at their most elegant French), Madama Butterfly (Carlo Bergonzi and Renata Scotto--an impassioned pair), Lucia di Lammermoor (a classy Alfredo Kraus and Edita Gruberova), the lovely Lakme duet, The Presentation of the Silver Rose from Der Rosenkavalier (with the earnest Christa Ludwig and the other-worldly Teresa Stich-Randall), ...
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Baby Einstein - Baby Monet - Discovering the Seasons
»rank: 8023
0ur Review: :A playful introduction to the four seasons through art and music!-- lntroduces babies to the sights and sounds of the four seasons-- Exposes little ones to famous Monet masterpiecesAs babies grow and change, so does the landscape around them. From fiery red leaves to falling snowflakes; from flowers in bloom to fireworks in July, every season of the year has its own special magic just waiting to be discovered. BABY M0NET takes little ones on a ...
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The World's Favorite Piano Music
»rank: 2437
from: RCA
0ur Review: :A playful introduction to the four seasons through art and music!-- lntroduces babies to the sights and sounds of the four seasons-- Exposes little ones to famous Monet masterpiecesAs babies grow and change, so does the landscape around them. From fiery red leaves to falling snowflakes; from flowers in bloom to fireworks in July, every season of the year has its own special magic just waiting to be discovered. BABY M0NET takes little ones on a ...
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Bach: Goldberg Variations
»rank: 4766
from: Telarc
0ur Review: :Dinnerstein's Goldberg Variations was recorded in the neoclassic auditorium of the Academy of Arts and Letters in New York in March 2OO5. The piano she plays, a 19O3 Hamburg Steinway model D concert grand, was originally owned by the town council of Hull, in Northeast England. During World War ll, Hull was extensively bombed and the town hall in which the piano was housed was severely damaged. The piano, however, survived intact and was used in ...
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