classical music: Charles Tunnell

classical music: Charles Tunnell

classical music:

Charles Tunnell

Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music · Five Mystical Songs · Fantasia on Christmas Carols · Flos Campi / ...

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Matthew Best, ...

Hyperion UK, 1993

Some of the finest of English vocal music
Of this collection, only the "Five Mystical Songs" will be familiar to most listeners. It is a treat to discover the remaining works all available in one package, and especially good to hear them. "Serenade to Music" (with words by Shakespeare) is quintessential ...

The London Concert: Haydn/Hummel/Mozart/Fasch

Charles Tunnell, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Sony, 2004

This is a perfect album...
People may solely know Marsalis as a world-class Jazz musician, but he's... at worst... pretty darn good on Classical works too. He does have a strong background in both Jazz and Classical. And he played all of the pieces very well, including those requiring killer ...

Villa-Lobos: Music for Flute
Robin O'Neill, Charles Tunnell, ...

Hyperion UK, 2000

Kiri Te Kanawa Classics

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Frideric Handel, ...

Philips, 1993

Heaven!
Wow. I just purchased this album yesterday and have listened to it over and over already! Kiri is perfect, every note, every vowel..every song, it's just absolute heaven. The first track, 'Martern aller Arten' is beautifully sung, Kiri flings her voice around and ...

Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

Charles Tunnell, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Sony, 1996

Praising The Most High Through The Clarion Voice
...a lowly servant heralding the return of The King... ...perhaps at the fringe society-wise, but nevertheless a clarion voice in praise of The Most High... ...stunning and spiritually invigorating...

The Essential Wynton Marsalis
Reginald Veal, Robert Leslie III Hurst, ...

Sony Classics, 2007

Classic Wynton

Jean-Baptiste Arban, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Sony, 1998

amazing
Classic Wynton is the most glorious display of musicianship I have ever heard. No other trumpet player even comes close to Wynton. Don't listen to anything the editorial review says though, it must have been written by a complete ignoramus. Wynton Marsalis not having a ...

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas

English Chamber Orchestra, Jessye Norman, ...

Philips, 1990

Very, very good and very, very enjoyable.
Quite simply one of the best performances on CD. Though I didn't like Jessye Normans part at first (being used to much more delicate/lighter versions), I now regard it as absolutely fantastic. You can really feel her anguish and pain in the final lament (Goosebumps). ...

Wynton Marsalis - Baroque Music for Trumpet

Charles Tunnell, Johann Friedrich Fasch, ...

Sony, 1990

Amazing talent
Without doubt, the birthday ode to Queen Anne (Eternal Source of Light Divine) is one of the loveliest pieces ever. Couple that with two of the most accomplished talents in the world, you have a near spiritual moment. Even those with even a passing interest in the ...

Vivaldi for Relaxation

Charles Tunnell, Marilyn Sansom, ...

RCA, 2001

An excellent addition to your collection
I own quite a few of the ".. for relaxtion" CD's, and this is one of my favorites. Mellow strands of Vivaldi are the perfect reading companion, great study music, and provide an excellent conversation background. This soothing compostion of Vivaldi's works is an ...

Sumi Jo sings Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Kenneth Montgomery, ...

Erato, 1996

Staggeringly Beautiful
I've no doubt that Sumi Jo is the most talented, technically polished coloratura soprano of our time. Her trills, runs, sustained pieces, and ornaments of various nature, are most likely what Mozart heard in his head when composing the arias... Absolute perfection. ...

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Ode on St. Cecilia's Day
John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Rippon, ...

Archiv Produktion, 2005

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K.364/Concertone, K.190

Charles Tunnell, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

Sony, 1992

Finest performance of Sinfonia Concertante available.
Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra is one of his greatest masterpieces. Of the many performances I've heard of this great composition, this is the most outstanding. Cho-Liang Lin is one of the finest violinists currently performing -- with ...

Classic Kennedy

Antonio Vivaldi, Jules Massenet, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

Clearly Kennedy
I had only heard Kennedy one other time and knew that this would be good, as it is. I'm not new to classical music and can say that Kennedy's playing is clear and beautiful. I don't know why others have such a hard time with it, but if it's talented and artistic ...

Handel: Saul; Alexander's Feast; The Choice of Hercules

Thomas Allen [baritone], Gareth Morrell, ...

Angel Records, 2003

OUTSTANDING AT ITS BEST
I find Ledger very liveable-with as an exponent of Handel - authentic ma non troppo, using small forces, countertenors, boy trebles in the chorus and a full continuo, but also instruments that 20th/21st century ears are comfortable with and not afraid to take a slow ...