classical music: Keith Richards

classical music: Keith Richards

classical music:

Keith Richards

Verdi: La Traviata / Sills, Gedda, Panerai; Ceccato

Giuseppe Verdi, John Alldis Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, ...

EMI Classics, 1990

Is there ANY DOUBT how pleased Verdi would be?
I have great regard for this recording of Beverly Sills in perhaps her real signature role. Lots of people would tell you "Manon", certainly, or "Lucia", or Elisabeth in "Devereauz", or perhaps "Baby Doe". I happen to simply love "Baby Doe", and, it was her truly great ...

Britten Conducts Britten: Operas 2

Benjamin Britten, Charles Mackerras, ...

Decca, 2005

Britten's lesser operas?
Of course it's all a matter of taste. I find most of Britten's operas first class with no exception. 'Gloriana' is an under-recorded jewel, full of melody and emotion. 'Turn of the Screw' a masterpiece of claustrophobic sense. 'Rape of Lucretia' full of chamber ...

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.

Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier / Carlos Kleiber, Otto Schenk - Lott, von Otter, Bonney - Wiener ...

Felicity Lott, Kurt Moll

Deutsche Grammophon, 2001

Kleiber 1994 versus Kleiber 1979 ... the winner is ...
Carlos Kleiber, one of the most magnetic masters on the podium, leads this radiant and utterly enjoyable DVD performance of Rosenkavalier, recorded in 1994, Vienna. His approach less brilliant, but more relaxed than his 1979 tape with the Munich Staatsoper. As to the ...

The Complete Wedding Album

Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Telarc, 1998

wedding shoes
We had an outdoor wedding and used this CD, along with one other CD (The Knot Collection), for our music selections. Between the two CDs - we had all of our pre-wedding music and our processionals covered. It has a nice selection of various, popular choices for modern ...

The London Trombone Sound

Samuel Barber, Johannes Brahms, ...

Cala, 2006

Like trombones?
If the sound of trombones stirs your heart, here is just the CD for you. 16 trombonists from various British orchestras ban together in this compilation. The result? Wow! That's all I can say! The music chosen is a great mix of classical / chorale pieces as well as ...

Infernal Violins

Carl Binder, Luigi Boccherini, ...

Analekta, 2007

Infernal Violins
This music is fantastic. Because the violin she uses is a Stradovarius, the music pours like liquid velvet out of it. The choices of compositions are fantastic also. I think her interpretation of them along with the violin and her back-up group are what make this ...

A to Z of Classical Music

Ernst Ottensamer, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Naxos, 2000

Great Tracks -- Great Value -- Great Book, Who Can Complain?
Naxos is a fabulous label -- you will not get samples of the best classical music through the ages at no better price. These tracks are as good as any of the over-priced major orchestras and in some cases better. This is a great starter set for a beginner or anyone ...

Broadway, My Way

Linda Eder

Atlantic / Wea, 2003

the best female singer of the great american standards.
i am turning 60 years old this year. i went to my 1st.broadway musical in 1960. over the years i have had the honor to see almost all of the giants of american song, garland, streisand, patti lupone, lena horne, betty buckley, barbaracook etc. in "broadway, my way" ...

Bryn Terfel - Something Wonderful (Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers & Hammerstein)

Bryn Terfel, English Northern Philharmonia, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

Superb matchmaking in Terfel's R&H recital
You might think that it is a very superflous mismatch for an opera singer to try his vocal cords on the Broadway songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein. However, in this R&H offering by Bryn Terfel, he proves that it is a perfect match between singer and repertoire for a ...

Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation - The Catherine Wheel

Sara Rudner, Jennifer Way

Kultur Video, 2005

Exhilarating dance, and a superb introductory dialogue with Tharp
"The Catherine Wheel" originally premiered on Broadway to rave reviews. Twyla Tharp re-choreographed the piece for television using digital animation, a computer-generated dancer, and reverse-action photography. We can thank BBC TV/WNET 13 for giving Tharp that ...

String Quartet Tribute to the Rolling Stones
Mick/ Richards, Keith/ Oldham, Andrew Jagger, Jim McMillen, ...

Vitamin Records, 2003

Offering up exciting versions of the biggest its with violins, viola and cello as performed by some of the most talented string ensembles working today. 2003.

Clair de lune
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Naxos, 2001

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Robert Bailey, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

Virgin Classics, 2005

My Favorite Things: A Richard Rodgers Celebration

Richard Rodgers, Keith Lockhart

RCA, 2002

Actually a great recording -
The more I listened to this CD, the more I was blown away by some of the arrangements and orchestrations. Some of it I'd heard before i.e. the Oklahoma! overture based on the Robert Russell Bennet film arrangement; some of it I hadn't heard quite this way like the ...