CD-Charts Position 51
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Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla

CD-Charts > Music > Instruments
from: Sony

Release Date October 02, 1997
I was looking for a bit more cello in this cd. That aside, this was a great choice.

CD-Charts Position 52
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Bach: Cello Suites

CD-Charts > Music > Instruments
from: EMI Classics

Release Date October 07, 2003
For Mr. Get Real[your nom-de-plume and your review is an oxymoron!] - what a lot of pretentious, overblown nonsense. I bet you were bullied at school! It's about the music, the interpretation, the feeling - not +/- decibels etc etc. Your review did nothing for casual classical music listeners.
To anyone else with ears either side of their head - listen to the cd and enjoy it for what it is!

CD-Charts Position 53
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Philip Glass - Songs & Poems for Solo Cello - Wendy Sutter

CD-Charts > Music > Instruments
from: Orange Mountain Music

Release Date February 12, 2008
This Cd made me a Cello fan. It is relaxing "a lo Glass", (as usual). Before, I considered the violoncello an inferior
entity within the violin family, but now I have great respect for both, the instrument and Phillip. To me: definitely a 5 star.

Manny Fernandez
P.S. I'm not a professional music analyst just in case I may have disappointed any one for not getting into the technical analysis of the CD.

CD-Charts Position 54
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Mozart: Violin Concertos

CD-Charts > Music > Instruments
by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Raymond Leppard, Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Arrigo Pelliccia, Arthur Grumiaux

Release Date August 10, 1993
This album is absolutely flooring. THIS is Mozart. Grumiaux's playing is neither cutesy and fanciful nor forced, as so many renditions of these concertos are. In fact, it falls nowhere on that spectrum at all - these recordings draw from someplace different altogether. They are organic but not harsh, intense but not overwrought, powerful but not bombastic. This music is the kind that reaches down, uncovers your soul a little, and says, "Listen." And you do - it is that instinctual.

And as someone who tends to insist on the equal merit of various interpretations of a work, I have to say that, a little to my surprise, Grumiaux has become my definitive Mozart man. His music makes me smile involuntarily because it is so full of life.

CD-Charts Position 55
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Pachelbel's Greatest Hit: Canon in D

CD-Charts > Music > Instruments
from: RCA

Release Date February 15, 1991
I love his music, but this CD would not play correctly. I tried it on 4 different CD players. It played like the old vinyl when they would get scratched. Was unbelievable because I can't return it after opening it. Not buying any more CD's from Amazon. I didn't want to give it any stars, but had to in order to send this review.

CD-Charts Position 56
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Telemann:Tafelmusik (Complete) [Box Set]

CD-Charts > Music > Instruments
from: Brilliant Classics

Release Date June 29, 2004
For those of you who like or, as I do, love Baroque music it doesn't get better than this. If you have not gotten past the three giants of Baroque---Bach, Handel and Vivaldi---it is time you discovered the magic of the most prolific of them all---Telemann. I have a great deal of Telemann's music, up until now only vocal music, many cantatas and a couple of delightful operas. Now I am into Telemann's instrumental music and have acquired quite a few CDs. I think his Tafelmusik is the best. But truly I don't think he ever wrote a bad note. Everything he wrote has a certain spirit, a joie de vivre. This set is ridiculously cheap and I heartily recommend it.

CD-Charts Position 57
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The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

CD-Charts > Music > Instruments
from: Sony

Release Date August 16, 2005
My nephew mentioned his desire to hear some classical music (Yo-Yo Ma, especially) on the boring trips back & forth from college. He really seemed to enjoy receiving the CD for Christmas!

CD-Charts Position 58
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Mozart for Relaxation

CD-Charts > Music > Instruments
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 59
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Appassionato

CD-Charts > Music > Instruments
from: SONY CLASSICS

Release Date January 09, 2007
I like the wide selection of music types included on this CD, from classical works to songs from musicals.

CD-Charts Position 60
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300 Years of Guitar Masterpieces

CD-Charts > Music > Instruments
from: Vox (Classical)

Release Date November 04, 1992
This collection from the early years of Manuel Barrueco is one of the best values you'll find. It's 3 discs long and contains some of the best guitar playing I've ever heard. I've owned this set once before and had to buy it again because my original CDs were worn out from ware and tear. Highly recommended for anyone starting a serious classical guitar collection.