classical music: George Pieterson

classical music: George Pieterson

classical music:

George Pieterson

Greatest Hits
Netherlands Wind Ensemble

Philips, 2003

Stravinsky: Symphonies and Concertos

George Pieterson, Igor Stravinsky, ...

Philips, 1995

Wonderful - Especially The Violin Concerto!
This set is worth its modest price just to have Grumiaux in the Violin Concerto, with Ernest Bour and the Concertgebouw providing a virtual x-ray of this marvelous score. Grumiaux provides an object lesson for other violinists in how to combine extraordinarily crisp ...

Debussy: Orchestral Music

George Pieterson, Claude Debussy, ...

Philips, 1994

Great
True, Haitink is not a "ZIP! ZING! POW! conductor" like David A. FLetcher mentioned in his review (I thought it was funny put, so I wanted to quote it), but he sure knows how to let the music do the speaking. These are not "impressionistic" readings and I'm glad ...

Super Audio CD Sampler [Hybrid SACD]
George Pieterson, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Pentatone, 2003

Debussy at Dawn

George Pieterson, Claude Debussy, ...

Philips, 1997

An absolute joy
So many pieces on this album are jewels. "Le fille aux cheveux de lin" and "Nocturnes for Orchestra - Sirenes" are particularly heavenly. "The Sea at Dawn" has an amazing sense of freshness and motion to it and is well placed at the beginning of the CD. A few of the ...

Mozart: Complete Quintets, Vol. 1

Bamberg Wind Quintet, Helman Jung, ...

Philips, 1997

Mozartian bliss
This is a particularly ethereal set of discs. The main works here are three String Quintets, played by an augmented Grumiaux Trio with total assurance & commitment. These are all ravishingly beautiful works. The Horn Quintet, where the soloist is Timothy Brown, is a ...

Brahms for Book Lovers: A Cozy Companion for Reading

George Pieterson, Herbert Stahr, ...

Philips, 1998

Lyrical...Passionate...Tender
Brahms was a somber, yet tender and sensitive spirit. All of the works of this CD are a testament to that fact. He is one of the great Chamber Music composers in history. At first you may think this is a background music CD; and of course, you can use this CD for ...

Brahms: Complete String Quartets; Clarinet Sonatas

Franco Rossi, George Pieterson, ...

Philips, 1997

NATION SPEAKS TO NATION
Of all 19th century composers Brahms is the most German and the least Italian. This makes it all the more pleasant to be able to recommend this account of his string quartets by the Italian Quartet as warmly as I do. Nothing on this pair of discs at all, either in the ...

Frederica von Stade - Haydn, Mozart, Rossini

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, ...

Polygram Records, 1990

Flicka is wonderful!
This is the debut recording for Frederica von Stade, I think. Since I have watched the wonderful "La Cenerentola" with Abbado from DG, I searched for Flicka's Cenerentola. At last I found it! Now I'm very happy to hear it. Her Rossini is very elegant and beautiful. ...

Brahms: Complete Trios

Bernard Greenhouse, George Pieterson, ...

Philips, 1993

Excellent, delightful
This set is a treat for any Brahms lover. Excellent performance, elegance, depth and profound understanding. True Brahms !!!

Brahms: Complete Chamber Music

Bernard Greenhouse, Franco Rossi, ...

Philips, 1997

Best of the Best
This collection of the Complete Brahms Chamber Music has most of the best, famous and sensitive versions of the Brahms chamber pieces, (some of it very hard to obtain elsewhere) all brought under one roof. The Beaux Arts Trio interpretations are exquisite and just ...

The Best of the Complete Mozart Edition (Box Set)

Peter van der Bilt, Anton Scharinger, ...

Philips, 1995

Go no further than this loving compilation
I have many editions in the Philips Complete Mozart Edition ("one-stop shopping" is my middle name) and I recommend them thoroughly and emphatically. Life is too short not to listen to Mozart each and every day of your life. Thanks to those at Philips who put this ...

The Romantic Double-Bass
Marien Van Staalen, George Pieterson, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2005

Mozart: Flute Quartets; Oboe Quartet; Clarinet Quintet; Schubert: String Quintet
Janos Scholz, Paul Szabo, ...

Universal Classics, 2007

Grumiaux was an Inveterate Chamber Musician and Together with his Grumiaux Trio as Well as Selected Soloists, Delivers Sublime, Unforced Yet Probing Performances of Mozart and Schubert. Mozart's Oboe Quartet in F Major, Clarinet Quintet in a Major and Schubert's String Quartet in C Major Are Here Released Internationally on CD for the First Time.

Mozart: Serenades and Divertimenti for Winds

Raymund Koster, Elmar Schmidt, ...

Philips, 1990

Heart's content!
I place the Gran Partita, K. 361, as Top Ten Mozart, and it's played with such joy here, I was almost taken aback. I have three other versions, and this one just may be my favorite. One version is all shadows, which is cool, but oh! the joy in the present version. K. ...