Guitar Christmas [Import]

1. Jingle Bells

2. We Wish You A Merry Christmas

3. Winter Wonderland

4. Joy To The World

5. O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)

6. Silent Night

7. Hark The Herald Angels Sing

8. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen

9. O Holy Night

10. Christmas Song

11. Sleigh Ride

12. Medley: Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree/Here Comes Santa Clause

13. We Three Kings

14. What Child Is This?

15. O Come All Ye Faithful

16. Deck The Halls

17. Christmas Joy

Guitar Christmas,Ventures,Castle/Pulse,Christmas

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Guitar Christmas [Import]

Average customer rating: good greatest hits collection LOVE IT The Hits Chapter One This really Brings Back Memories Pump it Up!!

The Hits--Chapter One Backstreet Boys Manufacturer: Jive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Teen Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Greatest Hits Millennium Never Gone No Strings Attached Backstreet Boys [ENHANCED CD] ASIN: B00005QD4I Release Date: 2001-10-30

Tracks:

1. I Want It That Way
2. Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
3. As Long As You Love Me
4. Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely
5. Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
6. All I Have To Give
7. Larger Than Life
8. I'll Never Break Your Heart
9. The Call
10. Shape Of My Heart
11. The One
12. More Than That
13. Drowning

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OhmygodtheBackstreetBoysrule!!!!!! OK, with that out of the way, let's review The Hits--Chapter One, which is one-stop shopping for the hunky pop group's three American albums--their 1997 self-titled debut, 1999's Millennium, and 2000's Black & Blue. The first disc really shines with "As Long as You Love Me," "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)," and "All I Have to Give," capturing the Backstreet Boys' essence: sunny pop under the influence of blue-eyed soul. "I Want It That Way," from the second album, is an undeniable classic, while "The Call" has a deliciously frenzied sexual urgency and a strong, danceable beat. But the other tracks are uneven with the oddball fan-appreciation anthem "Larger Than Life" surrounded by somber, predictable ballads. The new single, "Drowning," is same-old same-old: lazy moaning over a drum machine. The Hits--Chapter One might be an optimistic name for this '90s retrospective. The future is cloudy for chapter two. --Courtney Kemp

Customer Reviews:

good greatest hits collection.......2007-07-23

Backstreet Boys was one of the few "boy bands" that I enjoyed during the 90s. I enjoyed their ballads the best. This is a good collection of their greatest hits.

LOVE IT.......2007-05-06

BSB RULES!!!!!!! I LOVED NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK (STILL DO). BSB PICKED UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF. ALL THE SONGS ON THIS CD WERE A HUGE HIT. HOWEVER, THE SONG THAT GOT THEM "STARTED" "WEVE GOT IT GOING ON" ISNT ON HERE. SOMETIMES GREATEST HITS ALBUMS TEND TO LEAVE OUT A HIT OR 2. I USED TO HAVE BSB PAJAMAS AND EVERYONE MADE FUN OF ME. OH WELL JUST GET THE CD. GREAT FOR PARTIES.

The Hits Chapter One.......2007-01-11

Nicely selected tunes for this greatest hits CD by Backstreet boys.

This really Brings Back Memories.......2006-11-23

I am so glad I got this CD, it has many of the old songs from the early days of Backstreet Boys, plus a song called "Drowning" which is a really good song. I happen to like all the songs on this CD. Keep an eye out for the Backstreet Boys' newest CD coming out this spring... and remember: KTBSPA or Keep The Backstreet Pride Alive, as they say in other reviews.

Pump it Up!!.......2006-09-19

This CD rocks! Great for working out, listening around the house or pumping it up on the dancefloor! You'll love it!

Average customer rating: The Best Of Baroque Collection Outstanding sampler

Greatest Hits ~ Baroque George Frideric Handel , Jean-Philippe Rameau , Antonio Vivaldi , Johann Sebastian Bach , Jean-Joseph Mouret , Marc-Antoine Charpentier , Johann Pachelbel , Henry Purcell , Tomaso Albinoni , Alessandro Marcello , Jeremiah Clarke , New York Sinfonietta , Philadelphia Orchestra , Columbia Symphony Orchestra , Hartmut Haenchen , Jean-Claude Malgoire , Raymond Leppard , Richard Kapp , Max Goberman , Eugene Ormandy , Vladimir Goischmann , Glenn Gould , Carolyn Watkinson , Teiko Maehashi , La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy , and William Bennett Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Albinoni | Albinoni, Tomaso | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Charpentier | Charpentier, Marc-Antoine | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Corelli | Corelli, Arcangelo | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pachelbel | Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rameau | Rameau, Jean Philippe | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Alessandro Marcello | Marcello, Alessandro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Forms & Genres | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Trumpet | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Choruses | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Choruses | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Baroque Music Baroque Masterpieces 25 Baroque Favorites Greatest Hits: Harpsichord Essential Baroque ASIN: B000002AVS Release Date: 1995-06-13

Tracks:

1. Water Music Suite No. 2: Alla Hornpipe
2. Violin Concerto In E Major, RV269 'Spring': I. Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Orchestral Suite In B Minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
5. Concerto For Guitar, 2 Violins & Basso Continuo In D Major, RV 93: II. Largo
6. First Symphonic Suite: Rondeau
7. Orchestral Suite In D Major, BWV 1068: Air (Excerpt)
8. Mandolin Concerto In C Major, RV 425: I. Allegro
9. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
10. Te Deum In D Major: Introduction
11. The Anna Magdelana Notebook: Minuet
12. Canon For 3 Trumpets And Strings
13. Xerxes: Largo ('Ombra mai fu')
14. Abdelazer: Rondeau
15. Le Tambourin
16. Oboe Concerto In D Minor: II. Adagio
17. Solomon: Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
18. Canata No. 147: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
19. Piano Concerto In F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo
20. Lute Suite In E Major, BWV 1006a: I. Prelude
21. Prince Of Denmark's March
22. Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 'Christmas Concerto': II. Largo. Pastoral ad libitum
23. Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

Customer Reviews:

The Best Of Baroque Collection.......2004-02-22

This compilation album features some well-known Baroque Era musical works and serves as a perfect introduction to classical music. The great Baroque composers are showcased here - Bach, considered the greatest of them all, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli and others. The Baroque period (from 1600 to 1750) was a time of great development and change in music. Before the Baroque Era, music was single-melody and primitive, in much the same way it had been since the Old World of the Greeks and Romans. Plaintive chorus was the only new invention of the medieval days- the Gregorian monk chant and Hildegard Bingen's nuns' chant. But during the Baroque Era, instruments were created and with them a new sound. Flutes, oboes, clarinets, drums, violins, violas and most significantly the trumpet, was played in a new medium called the orchestra. This music was played before royalty, kings of England, Germany and France, and often elitist aristocratic crowds. The same applied to Baroque Opera, which re-told Greek legends and classical heroes through music and the human singing voice of opera. Finally, music broke out from the old and into the new.

Johann Sebastian Bach is regarded as the best of the Baroque composers. He wrote prolifically for orchestra, for harpsichord (the earliest piano or keyboard instrument), as well as the organ. Among Bach's popular pieces are the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (which is the theme for "Dracula" and was made into an orchestra version by conductor Leopold Stokowski as seen in the Disney film Fantasia of 1940), his Brandenburg Concertos- a total of six concertos that showcase the tone color of several instruments of the orchestra and are considered the height of the Baroque musical style. The Brandenburg Concerti that are most famous are th 3rd and 5th. Bach's Golberg Variations for keyboard are also very virtuosic as well as his Organ Preludes. Bach's Orchestral Suites are the skeletons of the first symphonies, even if it it's not exactly a symphony form, and Bach's cantatas and Mass In B have long been hailed as the best works of chorus.

George Frederic Handel, a German-born composer, adapted the Italian musical technique, especially the new invention of opera, but performed publically in England, even writing the famous "Messiah" oratorio in English. Handel's skills were most keen in the orchestra. His "Concerti Grossi" which total a number of 12, are virtuoso and expressive of instrumental color. The Water Music and the Royal Fireworks music are also very famous and written in a grandiose style that was quintessentially Baroque. Vivaldi, a former priest, became a composer who specialized in small-scale chamber music. He created the "tone poem" long before it was even called that in the 19th century. His "Four Seasons" are his most acclaimed. The music expresses the four seasons of fall, winter, spring and summer. The violins, the woodwinds, the trumpets, each deliver a picture of pastoral scenes. Vivaldi also wrote numerous other concerti, including some for mandolin, an early guitar.

This collection is a must have for music lovers.

Outstanding sampler.......2001-02-25

It is impossible of course to capture Baroque music on a single CD, but if you want just one it doesn't get any better than this. Outstanding and generous selection of many of the best known excerpts of the period, excellent performances throughout, and superior sound quality. Even the casual listener will recognize many of these great works, such as the theme from Masterpiece Theater, Pachelbel's Canon, Handel's Water Music, and so on.

Average customer rating: A great CD for your collection wonderful music From Renaissance to Nutcracker is brilliant.

L.A. Guitar Quartet: Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker William Byrd , John Dowland , Giovanni Gabrieli , Thomas Morley , Michael Praetorius , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Peter Warlock , Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) , Andrew York , John Dearman , Scott Tennant , William Kanengiser , and LA Guitar Quartet Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gabrieli, Giovanni | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Michael Praetorius | Praetorius, Michael | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Los Angeles Guitar Quartet | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: For Thy Pleasure Best of L.A.G.Q. L.A. Guitar Quartet: Evening In Granada LAGQ's Guitar Heroes LAGQ: Latin ASIN: B0000006YH Release Date: 1993-10-27

Tracks:

1. Nutcracker Suite Op.71a: Arr for Guitar Quartet
2. Nutcracker Suite Op.71a: Arr for Guitar Quartet
3. Nutcracker Suite Op.71a: Arr for Guitar Quartet
4. Nutcracker Suite Op.71a: Arr for Guitar Quartet
5. Nutcracker Suite Op.71a: Arr for Guitar Quartet
6. Nutcracker Suite Op.71a: Arr for Guitar Quartet
7. Nutcracker Suite Op.71a: Arr for Guitar Quartet
8. Nutcracker Suite Op.71a: Arr for Guitar Quartet
9. Dance Suite: Bransle, Arr in Dance Suite for Guitar Quartet
10. Dance Suite: Volte I, Arr in Dance Suite for Guitar Quartet
11. Dance Suite: Bouree 1 & 2, Arr in Dance Suite for Guitar Quartet
12. Dance Suite: Courante 1, Arr in Dance Suite for Guitar Quartet
13. Dance Suite: Courante, Arr in Dance Suite for Guitar Quartet
14. Dance Suite: Ballet, Arr in Dance Suite for Guitar Quartet
15. Dance Suite: Gavottes 1, 2, 3 & 6, Arr in Dance Suite for Guitar Quarte
16. Dance Suite: Volte II, Arr in Dance Suite for Guitar Quartet
17. Capriol Suite for String Orchestra: Arr for Guitar Quartet
18. Capriol Suite for String Orchestra: Arr for Guitar Quartet
19. Capriol Suite for String Orchestra: Arr for Guitar Quartet
20. Capriol Suite for String Orchestra: Arr for Guitar Quartet
21. Capriol Suite for String Orchestra: Arr for Guitar Quartet
22. Capriol Suite for String Orchestra: Arr for Guitar Quartet
23. My Lord of Oxenfordes Maske: Arr for Guitar Quartet
24. Galliard "Can She Excuse": Arr for Guitar Quartet
25. Response Pavin: Arr for Guitar Quartet
26. Joyne Hands: Arr for Guitar Quartet
27. Canzon Per Sonar Primi Toni: Arr for Guitar Quartet
28. Sonata XIII: Arr for Guitar Quartet
29. Canzon XI: Arr for Guitar Quartet
30. Canzon VI: Arr for Guitar Quartet

Customer Reviews:

A great CD for your collection.......2002-09-15

If you are a music teacher this CD is a must. If you aren't, it STILL is a must. This CD is full of light but amazing classical guitar. I can hardly wait to pop it in at Christmas. Even if you aren't a huge fan of classical guitar I bet this will amaze you so much you'll want to keep listening. LAGQ flawlessly performs countless dances you'll wonder how they do it. The music classroom can use the Renaissance music for medieval topics and dances. A great CD to have for some high quality back ground music - relaxing music.

wonderful music.......2002-03-04

It just doesn't get better than this. If you want to hear Tchaikovsky played by super classical guitarists, this is the CD for you. Its the BEST!

From Renaissance to Nutcracker is brilliant........1999-11-28

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet's Nutcracker Suite is a triumph for guitar arrangement. This selection is an excellent choice for one's holiday listening enjoyment. In the Renaissance dance suites included here, the L.A.G.Q. masterfully utilize a number of the percussive timbres available on the body of the classical guitar to complete the instrumentation and invoke the spirit of the pieces. Though the recording is not as loud as most of the other L.A.G.Q. recordings, the quality of the performances more than makes up for it.

Average customer rating: Delightful Disney Music Uncle Walt would be quite honored! Fabulous CD sleeping to Disney this is a treasure

Heigh-Ho! Mozart Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Wedding Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Bibbidi Bobbidi Bach: More Favorite Disney Tunes Beauty and the Beat: Favorite Disney Tunes in Steelband Style Ragtime at the Magical Kingdoms Simply Mad About the Mouse Heigh Ho Banjo Bluegrass Salutes Favorite Disney Songs ASIN: B000000709 Release Date: 1995-06-16

Tracks:

1. Colors of the Wind in the Style Of - English Chamber Orchestra
2. Heigh-Ho! In the Style Of - Shanghai Quartet
3. Beauty and the Beast in the Style Of - English Chamber Orchestra
4. Second Star to the Right in the Style Of - Voices of Ascension
5. Under the Sea in the Style Of - Millar Brass Ensemble
6. I Wanna Be Like You in the Style Of - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
7. Can You Feel the Love Tonight? - English Chamber Orchestra
8. With a Smile and a Song in the Style Of - Carol Rosenberger
9. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? [In the Style Of] [In the Style Of... - English Chamber Orchestra
10. Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes in the Style Of - English Chamber Orchestra
11. Main Street Electrical Parade [in the Style Of Mozart] [In the Style of - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
12. Feed the Birds [In the Style Of...] - Shanghai Quartet
13. Little April Shower in the Style Of - Anthony Newman
14. Winnie the Pooh in the Style Of - Shanghai Quartet
15. Prince Ali in the Style Of - Millar Brass Ensemble
16. When You Wish upon a Star in the Style Of - English Chamber Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Delightful Disney Music.......2007-03-28

These Disney tunes done in the style of classic composers are so much fun. Children and adults alike will enjoy these songs over and over.

Uncle Walt would be quite honored!.......2006-12-20

For many a baby boomer, Walt Disney meant animation. But, besides that, music played an important part in the telling of the story. So interested in music was the animator that he fashioned one of his greatest triumphs ("Fantasia") on the works of the great masters.

Well, Donald Frasier and a bevy of musicians have compiled a wonderful collection of interpretations of familiar Disney tunes, many from Walt's time, along with a few latter day compositions.

Every selection is a winner, destined to make the listener reflect and recall the films from which they came. And if one is familiar with composer whose musical style is "copied" here, the album is a treasure.

Fabulous CD.......2006-10-04

Being a classical music connoisseur, I often listen to my local public classical radio station to hear the works of the great composers of old and of today. One day the station played "Colors of the Wind" and announced it was from this CD. I fell in love with it. I am a huge Disney fan who has over 350 Disney songs on my iPod. Pretty much the only music I listen to is either classical or Disney. And having them combined makes this CD euphoria for the ears.

Each song is in the style of a different classical composer, and usually in the style of one of their more specific songs. One with a trained ear will hear chords and melodies in almost perfect similitude of the original.

I can listen to this CD over and over and never get bored. How could you be bored when you're hearing all of your favorite old Disney songs in a new exciting way?

sleeping to Disney.......2006-07-30

I am really pleased that there is a classical music cd that has only Disney classics so that I can play them for my infant daughter while she sleeps. We are big Disney fans and it's fun to play these instead of the regular classical music. They sound just like the original songs. I would have given 5 stars but I wish they would have had all instrumental music, one of the songs has a choir singing, but it still sound good.

this is a treasure.......2003-05-11

Disney music is always uplifting. Classical music is beautiful. Combine the two - and you get THIS! "Colors of the Wind" is glorious, followed by the enchanting title track. "Beauty and the Beast" is true to the romance of the original. "The Second Star to the Right" is magical. Everything is awesome - and flawless. I initially bought this because I love The Main Street Electrical Parade music, and that is definiely a highlight here - but so are ALL the other songs! This is GOOD STUFF! It is so excellent that it can be a very beneficial introduction to classical music - for kids AND adults.

Average customer rating: Awesome guitar work Have been loving this for over ten years!! sonic rapture... Not just a tribute Wonderful, relaxing music

Christopher Parkening - A Tribute to Segovia Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Granados, Enrique | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Segovia, Andrés | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Parkening, Christopher | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: In the Spanish Style / Christopher Parkening Christopher Parkening plays Bach Christopher Parkening Plays Vivaldi Guitar Concertos & Warlock Capriol Suite Christopher Parkening - The Great Recordings ~ By America's Preeminent Guitar Virtuoso Artistry of Christopher Parkening ASIN: B000002RQ8 Release Date: 1991-11-08

Tracks:

1. Castles Of Spain: Rumor de copla
2. Castles Of Spain: Siguenza
3. Castles Of Spain: Manzanares del real
4. Castles Of Spain: Romance de los pinos
5. Castles Of Spain: Turegano
6. Variations On A Theme Of Mozart
7. Tonadilla
8. Suite espanola: Espanoletas
9. Suite espanola: Rujero y paradetas
10. Suite espanola: La Minona de Cataluna
11. Suite espanola: Folias
12. Suite espanola: Passacalle de la cavalleria de Napoles
13. Suite espanola: Canarios
14. Villanesca
15. Torre bermeja
16. Estudio sin luz
17. Remembranza
18. Suite In D Minor: Preludio
19. Suite In D Minor: Allegro
20. Suite In D Minor: Zarabanda
21. Suite In D Minor: Gabota
22. Suite In D Minor: Despacio
23. Suite In D Minor: Giga
24. Suite catalan: La Filadora
25. Suite catalan: La Filla del marxant
26. Suite catalan: La Nit de nadal
27. Suite catalan: El Noi de la mare

Customer Reviews:

Awesome guitar work.......2007-01-12

Parkening sets the standard for others to compare to. Enjoyable tribute to Segovia. The type of guitar mastery that one can relax to after a hard days work. Enough said.

Have been loving this for over ten years!!.......2003-09-26

I bought this cassette over ten years ago (1992) when I started taking classical guitar lessons. Would listen to it on the way home from work, then had a baby nine years ago and have used it for lullaby music (works like a charm) for afternoon naps and nighttime. Still listen to it in the car when the kids fight and they mellow out instantly.

Finally buying it on CD because I think I wore a spot out on the cassette! I have listened to this masterpiece at least a thousand times and have never, ever tired of this most excellent work of art.

If you are a classical guitar fan, you will absolutely adore every single note played on this album/CD. I promise!! :)

sonic rapture..........2003-06-03

If anyone knows of a better sonically intoxicating cd than this please let me know. Possibly only Julian Bream's unreal 1982 Granados and Albeniz cd would top this one for me. Anyway just thought I would pass this thought along to anyone who may visit here. The tone is absolutely magical on this cd. This is the cd to listen to at night to chill out and get mellow while being enchanted to the max. Peace. I must go on... the tone, the tone. My god the tone.

Not just a tribute.......2001-07-31

Parkening shows how much he learned from Segovia. I have many of these pieces played by the Master. Parkening plays with a similar timbre, simlar dynamics and with a musicality just as deep as Segovia's. IF you like classical guitar you should own this one.

Wonderful, relaxing music.......2001-01-27

This cd will spend much time on my player. It is so lively, yet comforting music to listen to.

Parkening provides wonderful tribute to Segovia with Spanish compositions especially loved by the master, even some of them performed on one his Segovia's guitars.

For the classical guitar enthusiast, or just someone looking for that refreshing guitar music we here on the FM, this is a fine selection.

Average customer rating: More than the sum of the parts. A Great First CD The sublime collection Ultimate Collection is Gross Understatement

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Tracks:

1. Concerto In E, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 - Spring: Allegro
2. Concerto In E, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 - Spring: Largo e pianissimo
3. Concerto In E, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 - Spring: Allegro - Danza pastorale
4. Gymnopedie No. 1
5. Op. 55 No. 4: Solveig's Song
6. Op. 46 No. 3: Anitra's Dance
7. Sonata In G Minor, Op. No. 2, HWV 360: Larghetto
8. Sonata In G Minor, Op. No. 2, HWV 360: Andante
9. Sonata In G Minor, Op. No. 2, HWV 360: Adagio
10. Sonata In G Minor, Op. No. 2, HWV 360: Presto
11. Moonchild's Dream (Conlusion)
12. Sonata No. 3 In F Minor: Triste
13. Sonata No. 3 In F Minor: Allegro
14. Sonata No. 3 In F Minor: Andante
15. Sonata No. 3 In F Minor: Vivace
16. Conerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 - 4th Movement: Vivace - Allegro - Pastorale ad libitum
17. Melody And Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
18. Op. 43, No. 4: Little Bird
19. Op. 43 No. 1: Butterfly
20. Sonata No. 5 In D Minor - For Treble Recorders: Largo
21. Sonata No. 5 In D Minor - For Treble Recorders: Vivace
22. Sonata No. 5 In D Minor - For Treble Recorders: Grazioso
23. Sonata No. 5 In D Minor - For Treble Recorders: Allegro
24. Concerto For Recorder And Orchestra, Op. 133: Lento
25. Concerto Op. 10 No. 3 In D: II Gardellino - III. Allegro

Tracks:

1. Two Norwegian Dances, Op. 35: No. 1
2. Two Norwegian Dances, Op. 35: No. 2
3. Air From Suite In D
4. Concerto In F For Soprano Recorder: Allegro
5. Concerto In F For Soprano Recorder: Andante
6. Concerto In F For Soprano Recorder: Allegro assai
7. Variations
8. Sonata In E Flat, BWV 1031: Allegro moderato
9. Sonata In E Flat, BWV 1031: Siciliano
10. Sonata In E Flat, BWV 1031: Allegro
11. Nele's Dances: No. 15
12. Nele's Dances: No. 16
13. Nele's Dances: No. 17
14. Nele's Dances: No. 18
15. Dance Suite, Op. 29 - V -: Molto Vivace
16. Sonata In G Minor - Devil's Trill: II. Allegro
17. Zion Hears The Watchmen's Voices
18. Concerto No. 2 In G Minor: Largo
19. Concerto No. 2 In G Minor: Presto 'Fantasmi'
20. Concerto No. 2 In G Minor: Largo
21. Concerto No. 2 In G Minor: Presto
22. Concerto No. 2 In G Minor: Largo 'Il sonno'
23. Concerto No. 2 In G Minor: Allegro
24. Op. 54, No. 3: March Of The Trolls
25. Op. 71, No. 1: Once Upon A Time
26. Souvenir: An Encore For Michala

Customer Reviews:

More than the sum of the parts........2001-02-04

I bought this as wallpaper music - and got a very pleasant surprise!

Several of the pieces stopped me in my tracks, made me sit down and forced me to listen.

Michala Petri demonstrates a masterly control of her instrument and a high level of musicianship in a wide ranging selection of material - from reconstituted Bach to specially composed 20th Century pieces.

Outstanding for me was the Sammartini Concerto: Ms Petri shows a lightness of touch combined with serious enthusiasm and an obvious delight that literally stopped me from working and made me listen. The support given by the Moscow Virtuosi also deserves mention.

Koppel's pieces are fun, as are the arrangements from Grieg and Satie.

Overall, although this could be taken as a glorified sampler... it is much more - there are complete works played intelligently and lighter, throw away pieces you'll want to chase after and listen to again.

A Great First CD.......2000-06-22

After falling in love with the recorder, I started searching for CDs and this was the first I bought. It quickly became a favorite CD. I like the fact that it ranges over a wide period--Baroque to Modern, and showcases the instrument in different settings. The liner notes are quite comprehensive as well. In a word--enchanting.

The sublime collection.......2000-06-18

I must confess up front to being a Michala Petri fanatic. I also play the recorder, although after listening to this album, I feel like throwing my instruments into the nearest dumpster.

Michala Petri is a national hero in Denmark, and a recognized name among classical music fans in Europe, Asia, and Canada. If you listen to this album, you will ask yourself how the music business in the USA can frantically promote "The Three Tenors" while mostly ignoring the genius of this amazing young woman.

This is not your kid's recorder. Ms Petri's complete technical and musical mastery of her instrument transforms the recorder into the equal of other familiar solo instruments, but with its own peculiar sound, penetrating but sweet, that sets it apart.

This album is made up mostly of tracks from her many earlier recordings. Some are transcriptions of well-loved piano miniatures (the Grieg numbers are perhaps more charming here than on the piano, if that is possible); of baroque works for flute, recorder, or strings; of modern recorder music written for Ms Petri by contemporary masters. Some are accompanied by small orchestra and others by Ms Petri's husband, the excellent guitarist and lutist Lars Hannibal. The combination of recorder and guitar is an intimate match made in heaven, and I recommend also this duo's complete album, 'Air'.

Ultimate Collection is Gross Understatement.......2000-03-28

This is by far the best "sampler" I have ever heard. The playing is so superb and the recorder so perfect a vehicle that I found myself listing to too often played pieces like Satie's Gymopedie No.1 as if for the first time. Same for the Grieg. It is very hard to believe these renderings aren't the original intention of the composers. This is a guaranteed winner.

Average customer rating: Great Collection A remarkable anthology High-quality, marvelously varied intro to baroque music

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Customer Reviews:

Great Collection.......2007-01-19

Essential Baroque is a great collection, especially for the price. It has two CDs packd full of the best Baroque music. Like most Baroque collections, it has the best of some of the better known artists like Handel, Bach, and Vivaldi. However, unlike most other collections, it excels in adding some good pieces from lesser known artists from the period.

A remarkable anthology.......2005-09-08

A fine selection of pieces excerpted from the chamber ensemble, solo and opera repertory. Some recordings, though from paramount artists, are elderly; yet, performers are anyway flawless. It may be objected that a few of Vivaldi's masterpieces were disregarded.

High-quality, marvelously varied intro to baroque music.......2003-12-13

I am buying this as the perfect gift for Russian and Chinese scientist friends. They have knowledge of classical music but perhaps not much about baroque music, which achieved special popularity in the U.S. during the 1970's and 1980's. Russians seem to have more familiarity with romantic classical music, while the more recently arrived Asian classical buffs have special affinity to the "Classical" classical period and the great 19th Century romantics. How can a baroque sampler be better than with a span of music ranging from solo harpsichord to full orchestra and chorus, and from the very familiar (Pachelbel Canon and Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah) to a trio sonata by Zelenka and the Dardanus Overture by Rameau. Not only that, but both the period instrument and living tradition baroque styles are represented by noted performers (e.g. Trevor Pinnock and Christopher Hogwood; and Henryk Szeryng, Andras Schiff, Pepe Romero, and Alicia de Larrocha, respectively). The producers were careful enough to state that the "Albinoni Adagio in g minor" was actually composed by Remo Giazotto - though in fact Giazotto did use a fragment of Albinoni. This is definitely not a supermarket special, but a box of choice musical bonbons.

Average customer rating: It is a great CD Found it to lack real depth John P. Cutler

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Tracks:

1. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
2. Ave verum corpus - K. 618
3. Hear My Prayer: O, For The Wings Of A Dove
4. Messiah: Hallelujah
5. Requiem: Pie Jesu
6. Exsultate, jubilate - K. 165 (Excerpt)
7. Silent Night, Holy Night
8. Samson: Let The Bright Seraphim
9. Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io pianga
10. Zadok The Priest
11. Fruhlingsstimmen - Op. 410
12. The Keeper Would A-Hunting Go
13. Scarborough Fair
14. Loch Lomond
15. Shenandoah
16. Now Is The Hour
17. The Girl From Ipanema
18. El condor pasa
19. La Guantanamera
20. Cielito lindo
21. Heidenroslein
22. Kuckuck, Kuckuck, ruft's aus dem Wald

Customer Reviews:

It is a great CD.......2001-03-22

I get this item and I can say is great, if you really want to get an idea about the vienna boys choir's work, you have to get this, you can admire the soloist voice, Emanuel Cencic, he has an outstanding voice, principally the track "let the bright querubin" but in general is a great compilation, you can stop listening.

Found it to lack real depth.......2000-01-12

The songs are nice and the music pleasant to listen to, but the titles are fairly short and there is something missing. I just didn't find it to be very moving, perhaps it's just the recording.

John P. Cutler.......1999-12-29

This CD covers a wide range of music.The Vienna Boys Choir have done another great job. I believe this CD is a great choice, one that You will be happy with.

Average customer rating: beauty sleep Baroque Music: A Prelude To Sleep Baroque to Comfort and Sleep By Guys! Don't be put-off by the cover art! Mellow, but not sleepy

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Tracks:

1. Ancient Airs And Dances For Lute, Suite III: Italiana
2. The Four Seasons: Winter (Largo)
3. Oboe d'amore Concerto In A: Affettuoso
4. Sonata No. 2 In E-flat For Flute & Harp, BWV 1031: Siciliano
5. Concerto In D, RV 93 For Four Guitars: Largo
6. Ancient Airs And Dances For Lute, Suite III: Siciliana
7. Giazotto: Adagio
8. L'estro armonico - Op. 3, Concerto No. 5 in A, RV 519: Largo
9. Suite In A minor For Recorder, Strings & Continuo: Air a l'Italien
10. Concerto In D: Andante
11. Sonata In E
12. Concerto Grosso No. 12 In B Minor, Op. 6: Larghetto e piano
13. Oboe Concerto In D Minor: Adagio
14. Flute Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 10 ('La notte'), RV 439: Largo
15. Oboe Concerto No. 2 In B-Flat: Andante
16. Concerto Grosso No. 8 In G Minor, Op. 6 ('Christmas'): Pastorale: Largo
17. Flute Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, RV 439, Op. 10 ('La notte'): Il sonno, Largo
18. L'estro armonico, Op. 3 - Concerto No. 11 In D Minor, RV 565: Largo e spiccato
19. Concerto In E ('L'amoroso', RV 271): Allegro
20. Nulla in mundo pax, RV 630

Customer Reviews:

beauty sleep.......2007-05-30

This music is perfect for bed time.
Beautiful classic music that lulls you to sleep.

Baroque Music: A Prelude To Sleep.......2004-05-30

This album is from the popular series "Set Your Life To Music"
series. The theme for this one is "Baroque For Beauty Sleep" which seems to be a companion to "Baroque For Bathtime". Baroque music, especially the slower movements in many concertos, are exquisite nocturnal pieces that ease the transition from being awake to falling asleep. The beautiful, elegant, slow, graceful music of many of these pieces will definately relax you and even help you fall asleep. It's therapeutic. There are so many reasons one can buy this album. It can help you relax and soothe you, as already mentioned, and it can be played in the background of a message therapy session. It can serve as music for a romantic evening or dinner. And lastly, it hits the spot after a long day and you're ready to visit the world of dreams.

Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, scored for lute and other Baroque period instruments, is the newest piece on the album. Respighi, a modern composer, was delving into neoclassic music and deliberately evoking the Baroque Era. It works wonderfully.
Naturally, no Baroque album is complete without Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Here is the Largo from "Winter" only it is played on panpipes by the New Age artist Zamfir. The sound is hauntingly beautiful. There is a sonata for flute and harp by Bach, the biggest name in the period and Vivaldi's "L'Estro Armonico" as well as Telemann's Suite in A for Recorder. One particular piece I enjoy and think you will too is the melodic and elegant Concerto Grosso No. 12 by Handel, the slow movement Larghetto E Piano. It is sheer tonal beauty. There is more concertos by Vivaldi, whose use of the flute is always very reflective and dreamy and even a solo aria from a motet of his, the soprano Elly Ameling sings "Nulla In Mundo Pax", a lyrical-coloratura showcase which crowns and concludes this gorgeous album.

Baroque to Comfort and Sleep By.......2004-02-16

Baroque is such a wide and wonderful musical discovery for us modern types. It is soothing and quieting to the soul, and in this case for the body as well.

Whether used as lullaby inducing or just listening pleasure and relaxation, this is nice collection. Including wide array of instruments: strings, flute, panpipes, oboe, flute, harp, guitar, recorder, piano, and voice --- this is truly enjoyable.

There is wide array of baroque composers as well --- Rephighi, Vivaldi, Bach, Albinoini, Telemann, and more.

Great price, great variety, great addition to your CD collection.

Guys! Don't be put-off by the cover art!.......2002-03-20

I commend the compilers for creating such a wonderful CD. The music is quite mellow, especially the pieces that are preformed by Zamfir, the famous panpipist. That whimsical woodwind gives a rustic, almost mythical feel the piece of music. You almost feel like you are in Arcadia awaiting a lecture by Chiron!

There is a good cross sampling of various Baroque pieces and Baroque artists. The variety is the spice that makes this CD worth buying and listening to over and over again. This CD also works well on shuffle, which remakes it into a brand new album.

There are a lot of oboes and string on this disc, and being a former oboist, I am electrified as I hear that instruments mellow honk!

Guys! Don't be put off by the cover-this is a good disc. Good for the mind, heart, and soul!

Mellow, but not sleepy.......2002-02-02

I don't know how to sum this one up. It is mellow, but you can't meditate to it. It's more upbeat than I would normally prefer to sleep to, but it works all the same. The music is performed so beautifully that I almost want to stay up and listen.

This CD is also good for reading to, because it is easy on the ears but won't put you to sleep.

Average customer rating: I'm Mad About Baroque Amazing!

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Tracks:

1. The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
2. Canon In D
3. Rondeau (Masterpiece Theater Theme)
4. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
5. Water Music: Allegro-Andante(Allegro da capo)
6. Water Music: Air
7. Water Music: Bourree
8. Water Music: Hornpipe
9. Xerxes: Largo
10. Sound Of The Trumpet, Sound
11. The Four Seasons 'Winter': Largo
12. Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
13. Adagio In G Minor
14. Music For The Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance
15. Concerto For Lute In D Major: Largo
16. Christmas Concerto: Allegro, Pastorale. Largo
17. Concerto No. 1 For Oboe & String Orchestra: Adagio - Allegro
18. Concerto No. 12 In B Minor: Aria. Larghetto e Piano
19. Le Coucou
20. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major: Allegro

Customer Reviews:

I'm Mad About Baroque.......2007-01-05

I love this CD and am so pleased to have purchased it. I put it on almost daily at work -- it is the perfect length equipt with the perfect choice music.

Amazing!.......2002-12-18

I thouroughly enjoy this CD! The music is beautiful enough to listen to all by itself, but also quiet and peaceful enough to listen to while studying for exams or doing homework. Mad about Baroque has been in my discman for many weeks and accompanied to the library many times. This is a great CD!

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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Arthur Fiedler [Original recording remastered]

A Dif'rent Kinda Sax

1942-1945

8701 [Enhanced] [Import]

Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Volume 4

Soul of a Woman