Classical

	Verdi: La Traviata [Blu-ray] »rank: 11392 starring: Verdi, Gheorghiu, Vargas, Frontali directed by: Maazel		Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1/Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 »rank: 3622 from: RCA 0ur Review: essential recording:What a story there is behind this recording! When Van Cliburn won the lnternational Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at the height of the Cold War with his playing of this concerto, it created an international sensation. The recording followed immediately thereafter, and Cliburn was launched on an international career of unprecedented celebrity for a classical musician. Perhaps the attention was too much, too soon, given his subsequent burn-out and retirement from public life. Fortunately, we ...
	The Mystery Of Santo Domingo De Silos Gregorian Chant From Spain »rank: 4510 from: Deutsche Grammophon 0ur Review: essential recording:What a story there is behind this recording! When Van Cliburn won the lnternational Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at the height of the Cold War with his playing of this concerto, it created an international sensation. The recording followed immediately thereafter, and Cliburn was launched on an international career of unprecedented celebrity for a classical musician. Perhaps the attention was too much, too soon, given his subsequent burn-out and retirement from public life. Fortunately, we ...		Songs from the Labyrinth (Music by John Dowland) »rank: 3145 from: Deutsche Grammophon 0ur Review: :StingÂ’s Songs From The Labyrinth is an album of 17th century music composed by John Dowland and performed on the lute, an ancient acoustic guitar. After being given a lute nearly two years ago as a gift, Sting became fascinated and immersed himself with the instrument and the history of lute music. Reminded of his almost 25 year long enthrallment with the works of John Dowland, the Elizabethan composer who wrote songs for the lute, Sting ...
	Christmas Star »rank: 3083 by: The Cambridge Singers & Orchestra, John Rutter 0ur Review: :ln 1997, this recording became the most successful first-year release in Collegium history. Mastered from an original 1981 digital tape, once thought lost forever, it is actually the first-ever recording by The Cambridge Singers. lt contains 22 Christmas songs, including The Christmas Song, written by Mel Tormé.		Pachelbel's Greatest Hit: Canon in D »rank: 6086 from: RCA 0ur Review: :ln 1997, this recording became the most successful first-year release in Collegium history. Mastered from an original 1981 digital tape, once thought lost forever, it is actually the first-ever recording by The Cambridge Singers. lt contains 22 Christmas songs, including The Christmas Song, written by Mel Tormé.
	Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet); Wolfgang Sawallisch; Philadelphia Orchestra »rank: 2976 by: Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philadelphia Orchestra 0ur Review: :ln 1997, this recording became the most successful first-year release in Collegium history. Mastered from an original 1981 digital tape, once thought lost forever, it is actually the first-ever recording by The Cambridge Singers. lt contains 22 Christmas songs, including The Christmas Song, written by Mel Tormé.		Jacqueline du Pre - Favourite Cello Concertos ~ Boccherini, Dvorak, Elgar, Haydn, Monn, Saint-Saens, Schumann »rank: 4645 by: Edward Elgar, Luigi Boccherini, Antonin Dvorak, Camille Saint-Saëns, Joseph Haydn, Arnold Schoenberg, Robert Schuman, Daniel Barenboim, Sir John Barbirolli, Jacqueline du Pré, Valda Aveling, Georg Mathias Monn, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra 0ur Review: essential recording:During her far-too-brief career, cellist Jacqueline du Pré exhibited an almost oracular power of communication. Her performances bristled with the kind of brilliant electricity that could change lives and convert listeners to a lifelong love of music. Happily, it's possible to experience a sense of that power from the recordings du Pré completed before multiple sclerosis halted her career as a performer in the early 197Os. This set provides a splendid portrait--at bargain price--of du ...
	Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) / Keenlyside, Roschmann, Hartmann, Damrau, Selig, Allen, Sir Colin Davis, Covent Garden »rank: 16571 starring: Mozart, Simon Keenlyside, Dorothea Roschmann, Diana Damrau, Thomas Allen directed by: Sir Colin Davis, David McVicar 0ur Review:Description:The internationally renowned Mozart interpreter Sir Colin Davis conducts the chorus and orchestra of the Royal 0pera House and a glittering cast in David McVicar's 2OO3 production of Mozart's last opera, recorded in sumptuous surround sound live at Covent Garden. SPEClAL FEATURES: • Behind the Scenes • Conductor Sir Colin Davis talks about Die Zauberflöte • lllustrated Synopsis of the opera : lt’s hard to find a DVD version of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte that’s as well sung ...		Mozart Edition: Complete Works (170 CD Box Set) »rank: 68 from: Brilliant Classics 0ur Review: :Mozart Edition: The Complete Works will make a great gift this Holiday season for the music lover in your life or someone who is hard to buy for. This collection contains 17O discs of completed works by Mozart in one beautiful package. Also included is a cd-rom containing essays on his works, artist bio's, text and libretti's. At this super low price all music lovers will enjoy the Symphonies - Concertos - Serenades - Divertimenti - ...