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Appassionato
»rank: 4411
from: SONY CLASSICS
0ur Review: : Any new compilation CD starring Yo-Yo Ma is certain to please. This master of the cello takes the listener through so many types of music that the ear and mind never tire. The present selection is billed as a sort of 'musical autobiography,' and, indeed, it gives us a tour of Ma's musical life. The Silk Road Project is represented by Zhao's 'Swallow Song,' with its eerie, fascinating soundscape (specially re-recorded for this CD). We also ...
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Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Works, 1991-2001
»rank: 6823
from: Arsis Records
0ur Review: : Any new compilation CD starring Yo-Yo Ma is certain to please. This master of the cello takes the listener through so many types of music that the ear and mind never tire. The present selection is billed as a sort of 'musical autobiography,' and, indeed, it gives us a tour of Ma's musical life. The Silk Road Project is represented by Zhao's 'Swallow Song,' with its eerie, fascinating soundscape (specially re-recorded for this CD). We also ...
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Leonard Bernstein - Young People's Concerts / New York Philharmonic
»rank: 9486
0ur Review:Description:Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic stand among his greatest achievements. These televised programs introduced an entire generation to the joys of classical music. Bernstein conducted his first Young People's Concert on January 18, 1958, just two weeks after becoming Music Director of the New York Philharmonic. Such programs were already a Philharmonic tradition when Bernstein arrived, but he made them a centerpiece of his work, part of what he described as his ...
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A Chorus Line (1975 Original Broadway Cast)
»rank: 3597
from: Sony
0ur Review: :Michael Bennett's 1975 tale of Broadway's gypsies--the chorus dancers--resonated with audiences as few shows ever have, examining with both hilarity and heartbreak the grueling life of ordinary performers always auditioning for an opportunity to be members of a faceless chorus line. And along the way, it picked up the Pulitzer, the New York Drama Critics Award, and nine Tonys, and became the longest-running show in Broadway history. The original cast (eight of whom contributed their real-life memories ...
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Harvest Home
»rank: 2253
from: Gothic Records
0ur Review: :This CD is the second of the final CDs to be issued by The Dale Warland Singers, who disbanded in 2OO4. The program is a 'harvest' of popular songs, hymns and spirituals, including 'Simple Gifts,' 'Deep River,' and 'We Gather Together'. The Grammy-nominated Dale Warland Singers were specialists in performing American works. lncludes 16-page booklet with full texts and notes on the works! The Dale Warland Singers CDs are among the best selling American choral CDs ...
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Magic of Christmas
»rank: 2383
from: Roadrunner Records
0ur Review: :This CD is the second of the final CDs to be issued by The Dale Warland Singers, who disbanded in 2OO4. The program is a 'harvest' of popular songs, hymns and spirituals, including 'Simple Gifts,' 'Deep River,' and 'We Gather Together'. The Grammy-nominated Dale Warland Singers were specialists in performing American works. lncludes 16-page booklet with full texts and notes on the works! The Dale Warland Singers CDs are among the best selling American choral CDs ...
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Mozart: Violin Concertos
»rank: 4062
0ur Review: essential recording:At the ripe old age of 19 Mozart wrote five violin concertos, and they represent his coming of age as a composer of orchestral music. From here on, it's basically one masterpiece after another. Though not difficult works, technically speaking, they partake in full measure of Mozart's uniquely sensual brand of melody. That means that successful performances must know how to spin out a singing musical line, while at the same time making the most ...
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Ambient 1: Music for Airports
»rank: 4239
from: Astralwerks
0ur Review: essential recording:Eno's theory of the 'discreet music' he called ambient was far from the modern chill-out room: the idea was that it should function at very low volumes, unobtrusively coloring the atmosphere of a room. Evolving by tiny gradations, the long pieces of Music For Airports (the first in a series of albums that followed the statement of purpose Discreet Music) defy close attention, but then they're not meant to be listened to consciously; they're meant ...
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Chant II
»rank: 2562
0ur Review: essential recording:Eno's theory of the 'discreet music' he called ambient was far from the modern chill-out room: the idea was that it should function at very low volumes, unobtrusively coloring the atmosphere of a room. Evolving by tiny gradations, the long pieces of Music For Airports (the first in a series of albums that followed the statement of purpose Discreet Music) defy close attention, but then they're not meant to be listened to consciously; they're meant ...
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Lang Lang: Dragon Songs (Plus DVD)
»rank: 3006
from: Deutsche Grammophon
0ur Review: :Lang Lang has fascinated audiences all over the globe--now he takes them home to show them 'his' China with Dragon Songs, a CD+DVD set with Chinese piano solo, chamber, and orchestral music. Discover the musical culture that forged one of the most acclaimed classical musicians of our day. The CD juxtaposes the Yellow River Concerto, a large-scale, highly virtuosic piano concerto with colorful sound scales, with miniature pieces for solo piano and with chamber pieces that ...
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