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Metallic hardcore / punk with a militant, political agenda.
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Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits
Manufacturer: Utv Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004GOZA Release Date: 2000-02-08 |
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For those who want the most remembered passages of classical music's best-loved works, here's a package for you. On this bargain priced double-CD, you'll find music from 40 different classical composers; for the most part, the recordings excerpted here are some of the very best. Of course, you only get one Bach sampling (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, played by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) and one Mozart (A Little Night Music conducted by Herbert von Karajan), but this is still a nice collection--perhaps the starting point for a budding collection of classical music. This set's downfall? Unfortunately, though the liner notes discuss the evolution of classical music chronologically, the tracks are programmed in alphabetical order by composer's last name. This makes for some startling transitions! Emil Gilels's reflective performance of the Adagio from Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata is followed by the crashing cymbals and bombast of Carmen's "March of the Toreadors," a recipe for a heart attack if there ever was one. Still, there's something here for everyone and the liner notes even explain what movies this music can be found in. A nice touch. --Jason VerlindeCustomer Reviews:
Waste of money.......2006-01-12
Great Music Compilation.......2005-08-15
If you like classical music don't buy this CD........2005-03-11
A must for anyone wanting the staples of classical music.......2005-02-23
A great compilation.......2005-02-09
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Classics for Kids
Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003FE3 Release Date: 1993-06-08 |
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Just for kids?? No way!!.......2005-04-08
The best classical album for kids!.......2002-12-12
Great for Preschool Children.......2000-10-12
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Most Romantic Classical Music in the Universe
Gabriel Faure , Felix Mendelssohn , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Fryderyk Chopin , Franz Liszt , Erik Satie , Robert Schumann , Antonin Dvorak , Gustav Mahler , Sergey Rachmaninov , Leos Janacek , Cesar Franck , George Frideric Handel , Jules Massenet , Sergey Prokofiev , Catalan Traditional , and Various Artists Manufacturer: Denon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00011V890 Release Date: 2004-01-13 |
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very romantic to make love by.......2007-06-11
Great Mood Music.......2006-08-11
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Cello Adagios
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001WU1QK Release Date: 2004-05-11 |
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really like it.......2007-03-05
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50 All Time Favorite Classics (Box Set)
Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000000L7D Release Date: 1994-09-09 |
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Bedroom Adagios
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000BWVBV Release Date: 2003-09-09 |
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Exceptional Collection.......2003-12-31
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Duo Piano Extravaganza
Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000041D3 Release Date: 1995-10-17 |
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My most cherished musical find.......2005-06-23
Best Bartok EVER !.......2005-04-27
Great Duo Piano Album.......2002-08-02
Why only four stars then? Well, given the wealth of material for duo pianists, I find the inclusion of the Bartok Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra to be mistaken at best. This work is a recasting of the Sonata heard on the second disc, and it's a poor recasting at that. The propulsive power of the Sonata is smoothed out by the orchestra, and the added string lines don't really do anything for the piece at all. Better selections might have been the Mozaqrt Sonata for Two Pianos or the Stravinsky Two Piano music. I know that Argerich has recorded the Mozart for Phillips, so I am baffled by this programming choice.
All in all though, you can't go wrong. And at a Phillips Twofer price, this disc is a pleasant addition to your collection indeed!
A 'sudden' Argentine fan.......2001-03-24
WHO... IS KEITH EMERSON.......2000-08-29
My particular favorites include the savagely intense Bartok with percussion, the fantastically subtle and atmospheric Debussy piece "En Blanc et Noir," and the famously melodic "Carnival of Animals" by Saint Saens." The TOP HONORS, however are reserved for the INCREDIBLE version of Ravel's "La Valse," easily the best ever. Argerich and Kovacevich just soar into the stratosphere on this one, electrifying the air molecules into magical disentropy.
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Mad about The Classics
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000001 |