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Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonie concertanti
Karoly Botvay, Johann Christian Bach, ...
Capriccio, 1996
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Glassworks
Philip Glass, Michael Riesman
Sony, 2003
Glassworks is an amazing album
+ Wonderful, Typical Glass
+ Amazing Creation
+ Classical music of different kind...
+ He works magic in film.
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Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes And Impromptus
Frederic Chopin, Claudio Arrau
Philips, 1997
This is ALOT of music--long playing
+ Nocturnissimo
+ Masterfully Played
+ Claudio Arrau, Enchanting
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Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies 1
Jean Sibelius, Colin Davis, ...
Philips, 1995
sublime
+ Excellent First and Fifth
+ Davis favors reflection over power
These two discs contain some of the most gorgeous symphonic music and awesome orchestral playing ever committed to disc.
Of Sibelius' seven symphonies, we have here the dark, Tchaikovskian First; the epic, majestic, forlorn Second; the austere, solemn, and noble Fourth; and the affable, complex, ...
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Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
Richard Strauss, André Previn, ...
Telarc, 2002
Glorious Recording of Gorgeous Music
+ Monumental!
Eine Alpensinfonie dates from a time and place now past when a respected composer could literally write for any orchestral forces he desired. It is scored for a huge orchestra (150 instruments, by one count--although not 150 different instrumental parts) and includes hecklephone, windmachine, ...
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Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos; The Piano Sonata
Franz Liszt, Kiril Kondrashin
Philips, 1995
Consummate Mastery In The Liszt Concertos
+ Richter plays Liszt
+ On the Lizst piano sonata
+ To unbalance for rebalance!
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C.P.E. Bach: Hamburg Sinfonias Nos. 1-6
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Christian Benda, ...
Naxos, 1997
Surprising Music, Well Played
+ Unknown Gems!
Even though C. P. E. Bach was highly influential and counted among his admirers Haydn and Beethoven (not too slouchy!), his symphonies represent a kind of musical dead end. No composer after him followed his lead in producing what he thought of as music of "affect," but which I would rather think ...
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Handel - Messiah / Ameling · A. Reynolds · Langridge · Howell · Marriner
George Frideric Handel, Neville Marriner, ...
Decca, 1995
The scholar's "Messiah"
+ The Definitive Messiah!
+ stellar performance - except for alto
+ Totally Inspired
+ A "New" Messiah
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Monteverdi: Complete Duets 1 / Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco
Claudio Monteverdi, Alan Curtis, ...
EMI Int'l, 2002
I Sink! I Pant! I Tremble! I Expire!
Pardon me if I sink into a swoon of erotic ecstacy while I write my review. It might be the natural effect of listening to this CD. Nearly all the poetic texts of these 16 duets are rhapsodies of love, either consummated or thwarted. The poetry is elegant and formulaic, and first-rate if you read ...
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Early Music Festival / David Munrow, Early Music Consort
Francesco Landini, Anonymous, ...
Decca, 1998
Ahh, Florence!!
+ Best Italian Renaissance disc available.
+ Munrow is magnificent
+ boccacio would be proud
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Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Composer: Steve Reich, Performer: Steve Reich Ensemble
Ecm Records, 2000
Riveting
+ Amazing! Just what I thought it would be!
+ Entertaining, if approached as proto-dance music instead of modern-classical
+ Great stuff
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Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1/Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2
Sergey Rachmaninov, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, ...
RCA, 1993
Hard to beat
+ Excellent
+ My first Van Album
+ Great Tchaikovsky better Rachmaninoff Elsewhere
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Corelli: Complete Works
Albert Bruggen, Frank Wakelkamp, ...
Brilliant Classics, 2005
Brilliant Corelli from lesser known Dutch musicians: a great bargain
+ wonderful collection
+ Beautiful music gorgeously played
+ Great Completely Corelli
+ Clear recording
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Holst: The Planets
Gustav Holst, Charles Dutoit, ...
Decca, 2007
SOUNDS FINE TO ME
+ The best of the 5 that I have
+ Music of The Spheres
+ Goosebumps!
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O Magnum Mysterium
Thomas Tallis, Tomas Luis de Victoria, ...
Telarc, 2000
This is an amazing, amazing product
+ very beautiful and relaxing
+ fabulous music
+ A great mix of material
+ a voice teacher and early music fan
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