classical music: American Anonymous

classical music: American Anonymous

classical music:

American Anonymous

American Anonymous, English Anonymous, ...

Maggie's Music, 2003

Fantastic!
I first heard the "Colonial America" CD by Hesperus when I visited Monticello recently (the home of Thomas Jefferson) where they were playing the songs in the gift shop. Imagine my dismay to find that only one cassette tape was left of the fabulous music of Hesperus; ...

The Christmas Album

The Canadian Brass, Franz Xaver Gruber, ...

Philips, 1990

The Best of The Best
Just be sure to buy this version (18 tracks) rather than what appears to be a very pared-down later issue (same cover, only about half a dozen tracks). This is by far the best holiday album I have ever heard. I am a double-reed player and I must take issue with the ...

Harvest Home

Anonymous, Carol Barnett, ...

Gothic Records, 2005

Exquisite
I purchased this on a whim and it is been in my 5-disc player ever since. I have always loved choral settings of folk songs and hymns (with one exception - "The Water is Wide" should never ever ever be sung by a chorus - it doesn't work, but it is the only track I ...

A Little Christmas Music: Kiri Te Kanawa; The King's Singers

various/traditional, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, ...

EMI Classics, 1990

a voice teacher and early music fan
WELL!!!THIS IS DIFFERENT!!!!! The King's Singers come to us steeped in the 500 year old English tradition of choral singing; and that's fine with me.!!!There are 6 singers in this group (the personnel change from time to time)namely: Jeremy Jackman and Alastair Hume ...

Spirituals in Concert

Anonymous, American Anonymous, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1991

"Lord, How Come Me Here"
I must add, to the praises above, that Kathleen Battle's "Lord, How Come Me Here" is the best "quick" explanation of the long-lasting effects of slavery that I can think of. The line, "They sold my children away," says it all. And the VERY funny "Scandelize My ...

Christmas With the Trapp Family Singers

The Trapp Family

Deutsche Grammophon, 2004

A new musical Christmas tradition
This recording was my first experience with the Trapp Family Singers (other than knowing the story from The Sound of Music). I cannot state how pleasently surprised I was. First of all, the technical quality of the recording is extraordinary. The selections were ...

Consider the Lilies

John Rutter, Jonathan Willcocks, ...

Mormon Tabernacle, 2003

The Sweetest Music
I love this CD. My family and I listened to it over and over and over again, during the last few weeks of my mother's life. It has been a comfort to me in time of sorrow. Now it brings tears every time I listen to it. This music is like loving arms around me. It ...

The Complete EMI Sessions, 1928-1939

Stephen Adams, Egbert van Alstyne, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

This is only for dedicated fans, but for us, it is a treasure/pleasure...
I could not afford this seven-disc box, but my dear friends Jim and Cindy Clark of Kansas, realizing that I am the only Robeson fan they are ever likely to meet, gifted me with this. I am extremely grateful. I "discovered" Paul in 1959, when I was 14, via a Vanguard ...

American Angels

Anonymous, American Anonymous, ...

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2004

Can't walk away from it!
My only "complaint" about the CD is that I absolutely HAVE to sit and listen to the entire thing whenever I start it up! I usually have music playing in the background while doing other things, but not this one! There are no tracks that I find myself wanting to skip ...

James Galway's Christmas Carol

Franz Xaver Gruber, John Ireland, ...

RCA, 1992

Galway Christmas
If you could own one & only one Christmas CD,this would be it!Classic music taking you back to childhood memories.No modern re-worked garbage that keeps coming out these days.Wow,I am really starting to sound old! :)

Catholic Classics, Vol. 2

German Anonymous, Gregorian Chant, ...

Gia Publications, 1996

Catholic Hymns
Just love this CD so much that I bought it as a going away gift for a fellow Catholic. The music is so wonderful and the best way to relax and be reflextive.

Sing Lustily & with Good Courage

Anonymous, Thomas Campbell, ...

Saydisc, 1994

One of my most cherished recordings
The first time I heard a song from this disc the piece rooted my attention completely. I had no idea who was playing the piece or who wrote it. The lady singing lead vocal had a glorious voice but wasn't familiar. That the song had roots in traditional folk was ...

The Essential Leontyne Price: Spirituals, Hymns & Sacred Songs

Anonymous, Edward Boatner, ...

RCA, 1997

The Price Club
"I am here," said Leontyne Price when interviewed as she opened the new Metropolitan Opera with Samuel Barber's underrated ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, "and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. The color of my skin or the kink of my hair or the spread of my ...

Amazing Grace: The Songs Of The Reagan Memorial

Patrick D'Arcy, Paul Nelson, ...

Martingale, 2006

Great CD
Great CD - Even if you are not ex military you will enjoy it.

Songs of Romance, Vol. 1

Joseph Brooks, Claude Debussy, ...

Ranwood Records, 1997

Romancing Romance
I have been in love with Zamfir's music since 1982 or so, when I listened in a radio station his fabulous renderng of the --''Theme From Limelight''. I called the radio station, gor the artist's name and album title and went out to a record store and bought it. I ...