classical music: English Anonymous

classical music: English Anonymous

classical music:

English Anonymous

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 ...

Amazing Grace

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

RCA, 1992

fantastic music...hair stood up on my arms...
i love "amazing Grace" and i love the pipes and the drums. this cd was a wonderful combination of all...

Prayer: A Windham Hill Collection

Michael Manring, Philip Baker, ...

RCA, 2003

Music for Meditation
This is a delightful collection of music appropriate to meditative prayer. It is often my prayer companion, and I like the style and performance found on this CD. I highly recommend it to people who enjoy deeper reflection with a wordless musical background.

The Joy of Christmas

John Francis Wade, Anonymous, ...

Sony, 1997

Just As I Remembered
Raise the roof and sing praises on high! Play this if you cannot make it to church, and you will feel like you are there. The incomparable sound of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with all the religious classics. A few oddities are tagged on at the end, the Nutcracker, ...

A Festival of Carols in Brass

Adolphe Adam, Anonymous, ...

Sony, 1991

A True Classic
This CD is all instrumental of well known traditional christmas carols. One of the pieces is a brass version of "Twelve Days of Christmas" is my absolute, all time favorite version. We have enjoyed ours for years and bought two more to give to family members so that ...

Zamfir: The Lonely Shepherd

Anonymous, English Anonymous, ...

Philips, 1990

The most soothing sounds
I grew up listening to Zamfir's pan flute soothing music, then for the past 15 years, I've been away from it until I heard The Lonely Shepherd while watching Kill Bill. I was pleasantly surprised to find the CD at Amazon and bought it at once. Many of the other songs ...

On Yoolis Night: Medieval Carols & Motets

Anonymous 4, Marsha Genensky, ...

Harmonia Mundi France., 1993

Great alternatives to 'Silent Night'! Buy It!
`On Yoolis Night' performed by the quartet, Anonymous 4 is another collection of works dedicated to the worship of the Virgin Mary from medieval England. Unlike `An English Ladymass' and `a Lammas Ladymass', these are more like `incidental' music for the Christmas ...

Essential Guitar: 33 Guitar Masterpieces

Essential Guitar: 34 Gtr Masterpieces

Decca, 2002

Two-and-a-half hours of bliss
This may be the best money I've ever spent. I got 2-1/2 hours of bliss for less than what I'd usually pay for one CD -- and you know how it is with music. You buy an album because of a song or two that you love, and you find that you like maybe half the songs on it. ...

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 ...

Words of the Angel

Trio Mediaeval, Ivan Moody, ...

Ecm Records, 2002

Hauntingly Beautiful
I bought this CD on an impulse, not knowing what to expect. The three a capella female vocalists harmonize in the most eerily beautiful way -- this CD is as close to transcendental music as I've ever heard. Everyone I've shared it with has had the same reaction -- ...

Guitar Adagios

Isaac Albeniz, Tomaso Albinoni, ...

Decca, 2004

A Great Find!
These are wonderful cds. They include Andres Segovia,Julian Bream, John Williams, Presti/Lagoya and Pepe Romero among other guitarist's. This two cd set has a rare performance of Segovia with the "Symphony Of The Air"performing Boccherini's "Cello Concerto in D". John ...

Carols From Clare

Franz Gruber, John Rutter, ...

EMI Records, 1990

This music makes me wish Christmas season would never end!!!
This CD is absolutely beautiful. I can't bear to put it away after the holiday season is over! The voices of the Clare College Singers, accompanied by the orchestra blend together to make a heavenly sound. The songs are so gentle and almost mystical. I discovered ...

Colonial America

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 Best Carols in the World...Ever!

Gareth Morrell, Simon Vaughan, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

Title makes a big claim, but it absolutely delivers...
This album provides 2.5 hours of excellent carols, from excellent choirs and soloists, and with great sound. I was worried that a compilation this large, and with such an extravagent title, would be B-side offerings, but that's not the case at all. This isn't an ...

Medieval Christmas

Joel Cohen, Boston Camarata

Nonesuch, 1991

Not just for the holidays!
This one's superb. I was absolutely thrilled to see it on CD a few years back (I had the LP). "Medieval Christmas" may sound a little...sullen, or something, but ho ho, this one is different. Sure it's early music, one of the best early music CDs I've heard, and I have ...