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Haydn - The Creation / Piau, Padmore, Davies, Gabrieli Consort & Players, McCreesh

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
from: ARCHIV Produktion

Release Date February 05, 2008
The other reviews say it all, although I would add that this is a great album for those just getting into classical or wanting to experience it for the first time. I also recommend this album to all seasoned classical enthusiasts.

CD-Charts Position 162
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The Bells of St. Genevieve and Other Baroque Delights

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

Release Date January 28, 1992
The Bells of St. Genevieve CD is a great addition to any collector of great Baroque Music. Treat yourself!!!

CD-Charts Position 163
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Handel - Messiah - Mormon Tabernacle

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
by: George Frideric Handel, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eileen Farrell, Martha Lipton, Davis Cunningham, William Warfield, Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Release Date July 16, 1991
This is the first recording I had of Messiah and the basis for all other versions I heard since then. I now own recordings by the Robert Shaw Chorale (my favorite), the Atlanta Symphony with Shaw (my next favorite), Neville Marriner, the BBC Philharmonic with Harry Christophers doing Mozart's arrangement, and the huge Sir Thomas Beecham recording. Most of the newer recordings seem to use the faster Baroque tempi, which is fine, but, after hearing so many of them, I really enjoy some of the older recordings using slower, more Romantic tempi like Beecham's and Ormandy's.

David Cunningham's voice has a bit of an edge on it, and he is my least favorite tenor in these recordings. I think William Warfield is in the same class as Giorgio Tozzi with Beecham, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 164
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Three Hit Albums from the U.S. Military Bands

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
from: Collector's Choice

Release Date September 07, 2004
Years ago, I've baught an album (LP) from The Navy Band in Italy. I've never heard US-marches before, but liked them from the start.
Now I'm very happy to have this album and two other ones on CD.
If you like marches you'll like this CD.

CD-Charts Position 165
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Mormon Tabernacle Choir

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
by: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Dr. Jerold D. Ottley, Eugene Ormandy, Richard P. Condie, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Release Date July 14, 1992
The unfortunate thingÑif anything can be said to the contrary about this collectionÑis that is an older recording. As far as authenticity, what was available in the days of Bach and Handel to perform their music, and what they may have had in mind as the formidable way of presenting it to the publicÑas well as to the heavensÑmay be quite different things. Viewed in this way, authenticity may be an abstraction we are not here priviledged to comment on.

I have marveled for years, even when these were two separate LP's, of the power and dimensionality conveyed by the way these works are performed. I still switch from one to another piece as which is my favorite. In this respect, the experience is a hermenutic delight. Any lover or respecter of ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 166
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Chanticleer: A Portrait

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
by: Caroll Coates, Harold / Mercer, Johnny Arlen, Spiritual Traditional, Vince Guaraldi, Joseph Jennings, Ettore Stratta, Eric Alatorre, Tim Krol, Corey McKnight, Kevin Baum, David Munderloh, Dawn Upshaw

Release Date March 18, 2003
If you liked Norman Luboff's Song's of the Sea's "Shenandoah", the price of this CD is worth it alone. That's why I ordered the CD. I heard Chanticleer's version and immediately ordered it. The rest is just the icing on the cake.

Then there is the one Kiri Tekanawa (sp?) offering, which is the only female voice on the recording.

CD-Charts Position 167
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Barber's Adagio / Munch, Galway, Boston SO Strings

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

Release Date May 20, 1997
I have loved this piece of music for ages and one day heard that the Trinity Choir did it...I wanted to collect all the different Arrangements but they wud have to been bought in big collections and sets of sonatas/etc... So this CD is perfect...it combines the best settings of this wonderful piece together on one CD...quality is flawless and its a major contribution to my classical repetoire...

CD-Charts Position 168
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Kiri

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
by: Kiri Te Kanawa, Giacomo Puccini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Frideric Handel, George Gershwin, Giuseppe Verdi, Paul McCartney, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Marie-Joseph Canteloube, Gustave Charpentier

Release Date November 20, 2001
A terrific album by a great singer. This album represents the considerable territory that Kiri Te Kanawa covers in here repertoire. She moves easily from Handel to Puccini to Jerome Kern. The insertion of classic show tunes as a part of this CD is a nice little plus. Some opera stars absolutely kill popular music by overwhelming it with operatic technique (listen to Richard Tucker singing "What now my love"; this is a pleasant little tune, but it can't stand up to Tucker's voice of steel, using all the power at his command). Te Kanawa sings these songs, for the most part, nicely and does not overpower them with operatic conventions.

She does a wonderful job on Handel's "Let the bright seraphim," displaying good coloratura technique, as a matter of fact. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 169
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Greatest Hits HANDEL ~ Water Music, Largo, etc..

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
by: George Frideric Handel, Raymond Leppard, André Rieu, Eugene Ormandy, Hartmut Haenchen, Pierre Boulez, Charles Groves, Richard P. Condie, Edita Gruberova, Wynton Marsalis, Igor Kipnis, English Chamber Orchestra, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Albert de Klerk

Release Date August 09, 1994
I found this recording disappointing in many respects. The sound quality was much lower than expected, especially on track 7 "Largo" which on the origional, Ormandy had created such a quiet grandeur. In trach 11 "Let the Bright Seraphim" Wynton Marsalis overpowered the singing of Edita Gruberova, whereas the music should always be the backup of the singer, and not vice versa. I don't know what happened to the "Hallelujah Chorus," but it didn't come off very well at all.

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11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula

CD-Charts > Music > Sacred and Religious
by: Anonymous 4

Release Date September 09, 1997
As I have said in previous reviews about Anonymous 4, the group does perhaps the best interpretation of the ancient Chants that I have heard. This CD is no exception. It is arranged, as is fitting, into a semi-liturgical format, which means that each chant is serving a real function similar to that which it would have done in its own time. The voices are beautiful; the chants are beautiful. What more could you ask? I would caution, though, if you have ZERO appreciation for antiquity and the austerity of the original chants, this CD will not be for you. It has no instrumetation and interprets the neumes quite simply, letting St. Hildegard's beautiful words and melody make their mark without a whole lot of funny business. Thank goodness.
As a member of a chant schola, the ... Read More: