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Mozart: Greatest Hits

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
from: Sony

Release Date August 09, 1994
The music selection on this CD summarizes the ingenious mind of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In his 35 years, he composed some of the most beautiful and stunning music, ever heard. This CD features the best of Mozart's greatest compositions....of course, all of his best work couldn't be put on just 1 disc. I would highly recommend: MOZART More Greatest Hits to compliment this first, stellar CD! SONY Classical has done a terrific job of featuring the top conductors, soloists and musicians, in the world, on their labeled CDs. Don't pass these by....get them here at, the always dependable, Amazon.com! Bravo!!!!

CD-Charts Position 142
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Arvo Pärt: Da Pacem

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
by: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier

Release Date September 12, 2006
Arvo Part is one of my favorite composers of all time. This cd is absolutely phenomenal and brings with it a deep feeling of reverence, devotion and peace. This is by far one of the most amazing cds i have ever purchased. He is an true inspiration.

peace.
jacob salzer

CD-Charts Position 143
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The Original Jacket Collection: Eugene Ormandy

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
from: Sony Classics

Release Date June 24, 2008
It's hard to believe that the CD was introduced in 1982 and it has taken 26 years for Eugene Ormandy to have a proper box set released by Sony/BMG of some of his magical Columbia/CBS stereo recordings. How do you choose 10 CDs of Ormandy's Philadelphia Orchestra recordings to include in a box set? He was music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1936 to 1980! His recordings ranged from the 78 era to the LP, stereophonic and up to the early 80's when he did digital recordings for CD. He created the standard for several eras of recording history in the 20th century. Many Americans grew to love and know classical music by hearing Eugene Ormandy and his Philadelphians over the years through his many recordings. I was one of them. As ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 144
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Masters of Classical Music (Box Set)

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
from: Delta

Release Date October 25, 1990
I think that this is really one of the best values you're going to find anywhere in the world of classical music, especially for beginners. You're getting 10 CDs, each filled almost to capacity, with the most famous works from the most famous composers in the history of classical music. The sound quality is excellent on every disc.

While I would have made some replacements on the list of who was included, I feel that this collection is a must-buy for anyone interested in exploring classical music in depth. Quality is high, quantity is high, you really can't go wrong.

CD-Charts Position 145
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Classical Wedding Music

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
by: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonard Bernstein, Claude Debussy, César Franck, George Frideric Handel, Engelbert Humperdinck, Karl Jenkins, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jean Joseph Mouret, Modest Jeremiah Clarke, Johann Pachelbel, Robert Paterson, Henry Purcell, Franz Schubert, Antonio Vivaldi, Richard Wagner Mussorgsky, Lumiere String Quartet, Victoria Paterson (Violin), Christian Hebel (Violin), Junah Chung (Viola), Eileen Bedlington (Trumpet), Sato Moughalian (Flute), Kristina Musser (Violin) Robert Burkhart (Cello)

Release Date July 10, 2006
This was a well thoughtout group of wedding music and the arrangements and performances were excelent!!

CD-Charts Position 146
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Mendelssohn In Words And Music

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
by: Felix Mendelssohn, Johann Sebastian Bach, Louis de Froment, Aaron Rosand, Arthur Hannes

Release Date May 01, 1995
This was a well thoughtout group of wedding music and the arrangements and performances were excelent!!

CD-Charts Position 147
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Handel - Semele / Joshua, Summers, Croft, Wallace, EOC, Curnyn

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
from: CHANDOS CHACONNE

Release Date January 08, 2008
This new Semele bests the available competition in two areas in particular - the excellence of Rosemary Joshua's voicing of the title role and the use of Handel's complete 1744 text. John Eliot Gardiner's Erato effort of 25 years ago was significantly cut (as was Somary's old Vanguard version). Nelson, on DG employs a more complete text, but with a couple of exceptions, is bested by the new Chandos offering.

As mentioned earlier, Joshua is a very fine Semele. Of the competitors, Norma Burrowes is too much the nymphet and Kathleen Battle too much the diva. Joshua's lovely tone and good technique (a few sketchy trills aside) make the character very appealing. Hilary Summers, also in very good voice is a scheming Juno who tears into the music ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 148
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Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas/Dona Nobis Pacem

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
from: Angel Records

Release Date November 09, 1993
These are two of Vaughan Williams' finest choral works in the English oratorio tradition ('Sancta Civitas' was his personal favorite) recorded in beautiful, heartfelt readings under Hickox, and notable for the powerful singing of Bryn Terfel, here at his youthful best in 1992.

Contrary to the reviewer below, VW wasn't a pacifist and these aren't pacifist works. Sancta Civitas is a vision of the Holy City described by St. John in the Book of Revelations, and although VW served in the trenches in the First World War, he remained idealistic, even redemptively mystical about the future. Written in the 1920's, Sancta Civitas is an oratorio whose dominant tone is shining and optimistic.

A decade later in the mid-30s, Dona Nobis Pacem, as its name ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 149
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Handel - Messiah / Vyvyan · Sinclair · Vickers · Tozzi · Royal PO · Beecham

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
by: George Frideric Handel, Sir Thomas Beecham, Jennifer Vyvyan, Monica Sinclair, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jon Vickers, Giorgio Tozzi

Release Date July 14, 1992
This is music from the angels! Perfect, perfect, perfect is all I can say - you won't be disappointed with this CD. Great to listen to all year, but especially at Christmas.

CD-Charts Position 150
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Christopher Parkening - The Great Recordings ~ By America's Preeminent Guitar Virtuoso

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
by: Johann Sebastian Bach, François Couperin, Gabriel Fauré, Isaac Albeniz, Anonymous, Francisco Tarrega (y Eixea), Silvius Leopold Weiss, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gordon Young, Georg Philipp Telemann, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel de Falla, Manuel Ponce, Enrique Granados, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Andrew York, Fernando Sor, Gaspar Sanz, Joaquin Rodrigo, Christopher Parkening

Release Date September 14, 1993
If you are a fan of classical guitar than this is a must own set. I enjoy every moment.