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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

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from: SONY CLASSICS

Release Date September 02, 2008
How a Bloomington, Indiana musician successfully managed to interpret a baroque masterpiece by Italian Composer Vivaldi is amazing. Partly because Bell uses a Violin better known to the Baroque era; The Stradivarious. Thanks also go to London's acclaimed "Academy of St. Martin in The Fields", (a chamber orchestra specializing in Baroque era music) of which Bell felt very comfortable playing with. Most of all Joshua Bell is not only a great musician, but a hard working determined student of the baroque era. He puts his stamp on one of the most interpreted musical pieces of all time. The sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!

CD-Charts Position 2
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Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, Fifth Edition, Volume 1: Ancient to Baroque (6 CDs)

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from: W. W. Norton

Release Date January 01, 2006
The CDs in this set are not packaged in standard jewelboxes nor even in cheap sleeves, but are mounted directly atop a printed surface. As a result, when I purchased the set from my school bookstore, I found that several of the CDs had dried flecks of ink on the data side that made it impossible to play or rip certain tracks. Beware.

CD-Charts Position 3
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25 Mozart Favorites

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from: Vox (Classical)

Release Date August 20, 1996
This CD is brand new and -- YAY -- didn't arrive with cracks in the case! Very happy with this purchase.

CD-Charts Position 4
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25 Classical Favorites

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from: Vox (Classical)

Release Date January 23, 1996
Bought this product for my grandchild to introduce him to classical music. It was perfect. Thanks

CD-Charts Position 5
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Bach: The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites

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from: Sony

Release Date June 06, 2006
Not exactly sure what I would do without these recordings. A world without Bach: a scary thought. My pulse slackens a bit each time I put these on. Relaxing, sure, but also tremendously moving. A perfect antidote for the trivial drone, distraction, and bustle of our post-capitalist world. No need to go buy new-age computer glitch world-music ambience; this is sonic therapy, written centuries before we needed it.

CD-Charts Position 6
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The Most Soothing Lullabies In The Universe

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from: Denon Records

Release Date April 06, 2004
I was very pleased with this collection. It is simply just beautiful classical music that hasn't been dumbed down for babies, like so many other albums seem to be. It also does NOT have any 'new age' like adaptions, which was a big plus for me personally. My daughter has not had any problems drifting to sleep while it's playing. I would definitely recommend this as a great first CD for your baby!

CD-Charts Position 7
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Violin Concertos

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from: EMI Classics

Release Date August 13, 2002
Received CD just as expected. Came a day after the last day it was supposed to, but it was okay.

CD-Charts Position 8
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25 Beethoven Favorites

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from: Vox (Classical)

Release Date August 20, 1996
This is exactly what I wanted and I rec'd it very fast turnaround. Thanks you!

CD-Charts Position 9
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Sarah Brightman Classics

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by: Sarah Brightman, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Francisco Tarrega, George Frideric Handel, Fryderyk Chopin, Sergey Rachmaninov, Giacomo Puccini, Antonin Dvorak, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Marie Canteloube, Francesco Sartori, Paul Bateman

Release Date November 20, 2001
Love Sarah Brightman, however, this CD doesn't have one song on it in English. While I enjoy a mixture of her other CDs that are bilingual, this entire CD consists of songs in other languages I don't understand. Very disappointing. Played it thru only once. Probably won't play it again. No speakers on my computer so I can't "test run" these. My own fault, I guess.

CD-Charts Position 10
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Baby Einstein: Lullaby Classics, Vol. 2

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from: Buena Vista

Release Date December 19, 2006
It has different classical music composers and music selections. If you bought the Baby Bach, Bay Mozart #1 and #2, there will be some repeats. I still enjoy the music selections of the other composers.