For Thy Pleasure
This is quite the collection of Baroque compositions played and recorded superbly by this quitar quartet.
From such exquisite works such as parts of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 to Handel's Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, they pull the transposition to strings with dignity and quality of the music.
The Monteverdianna piece is superb in its chamber quality, touched by its would seem court jester type style. It is delightful in its upbeat transitions. The Telemann work ... Regular Price : $15.98
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Perspectives
If you're not familiar with pianist Mitsuko Uchida, consider purchasing this two-disc 'tasting menu,' culled from her ever-growing discography. The selections mostly show Uchida at her best, from her dynamically charged, virile Mozart A Minor Sonata (K. 310) and D Minor Concerto (K. 466) to the fire and ice with which she sculpts Schoenberg's Six Little Pieces and a handful of Debussy Etudes. Beethoven's C Minor Variations and same-key Schubert Impromptu have rarely sounded so ... Regular Price : $17.98
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David Russell Plays Bach
David Russell is a great guitarist, and this CD handsomely showcases his affinity for Bach. Without leaning toward Romanticism, Russell gets to the emotional content of the pieces, lingering nicely, for example, on the warmth of the lengthy Chaconne from the Partita No. 2. It would be easy to get bored with the sound of a solo guitar after an hour, but Russell won't permit it--sometimes his tone glistens, sometimes it caresses, always ... Regular Price : $17.98
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The Pianist: Original Recordings by Wladyslaw Szpilman
I saw Polanski's 'THE PIANIST' last weekend and was very impressed and wanted to learn more about the real hero of the movie. I searched online for his recordings. After two days I received two CD's from Amazon.com related to Wladyslaw Szpilman: One with his beautiful songs by Wendy Lands and another one with his Original recordings. He plays wonderful Chopin ( i.e. the Nocturne from the final scene of the movie ), Rachmaninoff, Bach ... Regular Price : $
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Happy Birthday
To celebrate its sixth anniversary as an ensemble, Kremerata Baltica presents a light, loving, and musically interesting confection. After an opening polka by Schnittke (who knew he could be so frothy?), we get 11 variations on the song 'Happy Birthday' by Peter Heidrich, ā la Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms, and some dance movements. Delightful. Elsewhere, Franz Waxman's Variations on 'Auld lang syne' are as clever as they are unexpected and charming. More variations--this time ... Regular Price : $16.98
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300 Years of Guitar Masterpieces
Manuel Barrueco is one of the best guitarists I've ever heard. Listen to his own arrangement of Albeniz's Suite Espaņola and you'll have trouble believing it's only two hands on one guitar. But Barrueco doesn't use his technique to show off. He's a solid musician, as expressive in Bach as in Villa- Lobos. He also makes transcriptions that respect the origins of the music. This is a wide-ranging guitar collection, but all the music is ... Regular Price : $15.98
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From the Jungles of Paraguay
I have nothing to add to the superlatives in the existing reviews about Williams' performance. It is really something.
For me the music of Barrios was a revelation. I'm very fond of traditional Paraguayan music, but the country lacks the great cosmopolitan traditions of neighbors like Argentina or Brazil. Barrios seems to have leapt out of this musical backwater and absorbed all kinds of international influences: tango, samba, classical Spanish, and synthesized a musical ... Regular Price : $11.98
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Beethoven:The Five Piano Concertos/Triple Concerto
This surely rates as one of the great Beethoven piano concerto cycles of all time. It's a pity Sony hasn't remastered it using the latest digital image bit technology, but the sound quality sounds quite clear and pure, inspite of its age. Fleisher offers dramatic performances which are replete with ample lyricism and warmth. He comes across more as an American Wilhelm Kempff than as an Alfred Brendel; like Kempff, there is much passion ... Regular Price : $23.98
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The Glenn Gould Edition - Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
It's rather amazing today, when recordings of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier practically fall of the shelves, to recall just how unusual it was back in the 1960s for a pianist to undertake to record this amazing work. It's probably fair to say that until Glenn Gould got his fingers around it, Bach's music was used for teaching purposes more than anything else. What Gould proves in this essential set is that Bach is decidedly not just a ... Regular Price : $31.98
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George Gershwin: Greatest Hits
To someone who came along as a teenage boy in the early 1940's this CD has all of the elements of surprise, musical history, highly intense performances and ways to evoke memories of many emotional highlights of my Youth. When we tackled Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' at Smoky Mtn Music Camp we were preparing for an outdoor Sunday Concert. Pianos were played by two friends who have presided over Music Dept at Carson-Newman College in ... Regular Price : $9.98
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