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Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos

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from: EMI Classics

Release Date November 07, 2000
This music lifts itself an dthe movie to a higher level. Only listening brings you in the movie. One to have

CD-Charts Position 122
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Schubert: Winterreise & Britten

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starring: Peter Pears, Benjamin Pears
directed by: Benjamin Britten, Schubert

Release Date July 08, 2008
This music lifts itself an dthe movie to a higher level. Only listening brings you in the movie. One to have

CD-Charts Position 123
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain, and Other Russian Showpieces [Hybrid SACD]

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by: Modest Mussorgsky, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Borodin, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Mikhail Glinka, Fritz Reiner

Release Date September 14, 2004
Conductor Fritz Reiner is unbelievably precise with the baton with just enough emotional fervor, energy, and commitment to rouse the phenomenal Chicago players of the late 1950's to one of the greatest compilations of a colorful Russian showcase. The Pictures is one of the finest I have ever heard and the Colas Breugnon and Borodin pieces are exceptionally delightful treats. The mastering is spectacular in all three specialized CD formats and the compatibility is extraordinary.

CD-Charts Position 124
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Gypsy

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from: Well-Tempered Productions

Release Date August 26, 1997
Gypsy

How cool is that? The champion of the 2008 USA Olympic Team, gold medal winning gymnast Nastia Liukin used this CD, the song 'Variations on Dark Eyes,' as her floor routine music. Arranged by the pianist on this recording, Ilan Rechtman. Fabulous!

CD-Charts Position 125
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Bach & Beyond - Gabriela Montero

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from: EMI Classics

Release Date September 12, 2006
I wasn't as over-joyed with this CD as I expected to be. I bought it after hearing the title track on FM radio. The title track is, indeed, a jewel; the rest is, in my view, only high-grade "background" music.The pianist is a marvel (and a beauty, too!) - her popularity is easily understandable. She possesses a remarkable gift for transposing and transcribing classic keyboard to "swing" keyboard. Many Bach purists (this one, for example) don't appreciate that, even though we have to admit that a lot of Bach swings, anyway, without transcribing. Lsten to tracks 3 and 4 and you will get your money's worth - they're worth the price.

CD-Charts Position 126
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Mozart for Relaxation

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from: RCA

Release Date March 09, 1999
A nice collection of Mozart arranged and performed as the title says - to relax.

It is not a definative collection as others have mentioned, but it the melodies are familiar and are things you know.

This leads to a good CD to put on, sit down and listen to with your eyes closed. One of the things I have been trying to do to help relax and calm down and I am very happy I bought this. I will be buying other titles in this series.

CD-Charts Position 127
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Andre Rieu - Live at the Royal Albert Hall

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starring: André Rieu

Release Date November 05, 2002
I was enthralled with Andre Rieu's performance,and his orchestras as well! He is a fine violinist.
He is a showman, has fun, and really connects with the audience.

CD-Charts Position 128
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Symphonie Fantastique

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from: EMI Classics

Release Date August 10, 1999
This is a beautiful piece of music and I am proud to own it at a great rate. My CD was new and I have had no problems with it. Thank you for great service!

CD-Charts Position 129
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New Dawn

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by: Libera

Release Date September 02, 2008
Libera continues to put out great music. Though the music is basically the same type of music as their other CD's. This CD has a slightly different feel to it in my opinion. Their music is part ethereal and part just plain fun. They sound like they enjoy singing together and being part of Libera. It would be great to be able to see them live in concert to see that joy and enthusiasm that they put into their singing on the CD's. Anyone who is a fan of boy treble singers and boy's choirs should buy this CD.

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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from: Deutsche Grammophon

Release Date January 23, 1996
Previously, a reviewer wrote:

"Karajan in 1962 wanted to perform Beethoven in a modern way compared to the overtly spiritual, often very slow, heavy, and rubato-laden style of the past in Germany. ... in the last movement Karajan takes the vocal line faster...

"By comparison, Karajan wasn't as hectically fast or intense as Toscanini,..."

I don't wish to take anything away from Karajan's technical mastery, his orchestra's wonderful sound, or his "smoothness." It's all good.

But folks should understand the real reason Karajan's original recorded version of this work, at least in terms of its tempos, comes out as the previous reviewer accurately observed. He kept to his version in subsequent recordings, of which this 1962 recording may accurately ... Read More: