classical music: Herbert von Karajan

classical music: Herbert von Karajan

classical music:

Herbert von Karajan

Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, ...

Decca, 2001

great collection
If one was wanting to introduce a friend to the wonderful world of opera, this would be a great cd to buy them. Also at this time when many of us are worrying about Luciano and his health , it is great to hear him featured on many of the selections. A great buy and ...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven, Herbert von Karajan, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

One great interpretation for a classic masterpiece.
Despite the relative old record, the sound is excelent. The sound engineers have one outstanding job done here, the recording is clear and vivid. The interpretation granted by Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra needs no coments, simply excelent. This ...

Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces

Fritz Dolezal, Franklin Cohen, ...

Decca, 2001

What a deal
You get Mozart's best works in 2 CD. The sound is flawless to the common ear. Get it! if you love Mozart

The Very Best of Maria Callas

Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ...

EMI Classics, 2002

sublime
she is an angel , a voice without parallel , a collection very interesting of arias from different masters.

Ludwig van Beethoven: 9 Symphonien

Ludwig van Beethoven, Herbert Von Karajan, ...

Deutsche Grammophon 1963 / 2007, 2007

Exciting and engrossing recordings
I have enjoyed listening to Karajan's 1963 set ever since I bought it on sale at the Record Hunter in New York in the late 1980's. I don't find the renditions unemotional as some do. The performances are fast and dramatic. To some the sixth is too fast, but the slower ...

The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!

Johann Sebastian Bach, Léo Delibes, ...

Angel Records, 1999

Good for relaxing pregnant women
I stumbled onto this album whilst searching bit torrent websites for classical music. I don't normally listen to classical music but thought it might be relaxing for my pregnant wife. After hearing the quality of the performances, the arrangement, and the recording I ...

Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (Farewell Tour)

Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, ...

Decca, 2005

Wonderful, of course!
I don't know of too many that would give fewer than five stars to Luciano Pavarotti. What an amazing voice...we are fortunate to have been part of one man's unbelievable talent!

The Most Famous Opera Duets

Eberhard Wächter, Georges Bizet, ...

EMI Classics, 1994

Beautiful duets...
This CD is really awesome. I'm new to opera, but love the music on this CD. I use opera music in my CD clock radio (Timex from Amazon) to fall asleep to. What a way to fade into dreamland.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Lucia Danieli, Nicolai Gedda, Herbert von ...

Giacomo Puccini, Herbert von Karajan, ...

EMI Classics, 1997

Perhaps The Best Recorded "Madama Butterfly"
There are many "Butterfly" recordings out there that are excellent in their own right but this recording deserves a category of excellence all it's own. What almost looks like mis-casting on paper, Callas does an astonishing job with the title role, which she recorded ...

Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, ...

Decca, 2007

Excellent Survey of Pavarotti's Work
For someone who is already a student of opera, this dual set will probably be somewhat redundant. However, if you are curious about opera in general or are unfamiliar with Pavarotti's recordings, this is an excellent anthology. I bought it as two cassettes some 20 ...

Verdi - Requiem / Price, Pavarotti, Cossotto, Ghiaurov, von Karajan, Teatro alla Scala

Herbert von Karajan, Luciano Pavarotti

Philips, 2005

The best Verdi Requiem
This is the definitive interpretation of the "Verdi Requiem" The scala orquestra and chorus have the feel of Verdi music, The soloists, the best of the twentieth century, and von Karajan, well a genius.

Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

Rapture-Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

Heavenly music
This is a wonderful background for any tension realeasing activity, like reading a book. So glad I purchased it.

Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky / Karajan, Rostropovich,

Mstislav Rostropovich, Antonin Dvorak, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

One of the great treasures in recorded classical music
This recording of the Dvorak Cello Concerto in B-minor, Op. 104, by Mstislav Rostropovich, with Herbert von Karajan & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,is not only the finest perfomance of the piece that I have ever heard, including Ma, Du Pre, and Piatigorsky, but it ...

Nessun Dorma ~ 20 Great Tenor Arias / Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo, Bergonzi, Aragall, Björling, Di Stefano, ...

Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, ...

Decca, 1998

Driving and Singing
This is a wonderful CD to sing along with in "rotten" traffic. All of a sudden, it just dosen't matter that much. If it can do this for me, it will help even the most "miserable" (in thought, word and deed), driver. Worth having in the car.

Puccini - La Bohème / Freni, Pavarotti, Harwood, Ghiaurov, Karajan

Giacomo Puccini, Mirella Freni, ...

Decca, 1990

A Definitive Production of La Bohème.
Puccini's iconic La Bohème (1896) is among the most popular operas in history (second only to Puccini's Madama Butterfly), and "Che gelida manina" is one of the most familiar arias in opera. Based on Scènes de la vie de Bohème by Henri Murger, La Bohème is a romantic ...