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Handel - Samson / R. Alexander · Venuti · Kowalski · Rolfe Johnson · A. Miles · Scharinger · Harnoncourt

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by: George Frideric Handel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jochen Kowalski, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Alastair Miles, , Arnord Schoenberg Chor Roberta Alexander, Anton Scharinger, Concentus musicus Wien Angela Maria Blasi

Release Date February 08, 1994
*Samson* bids fair to being Handel's most intensely dramatic oratorio. Samson's confrontations with Dalila and Harapha, the great Act II finale in which the Jews and Philistines enter into what amounts to a Baroque "Battle of the Bands," and the Act III recitative interrupted by a "Symhony of Horror and Confusion" represent some of the most remarkably vivid scene-painting in all of music.

Yet this revolutionary work (which inspired Haydn's *Creation*) awaits a recorded performance truly worthy of its astonishing invention. Harnoncourt's version, taken from a live performance with an international cast, can't be accused of being bland, staid or anything less than dramatically effective. As always, Harnoncourt is predictable in ... Read More:

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Allan MacDonald's Old Time Fiddle Tunes

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Release Date February 17, 1999
*Samson* bids fair to being Handel's most intensely dramatic oratorio. Samson's confrontations with Dalila and Harapha, the great Act II finale in which the Jews and Philistines enter into what amounts to a Baroque "Battle of the Bands," and the Act III recitative interrupted by a "Symhony of Horror and Confusion" represent some of the most remarkably vivid scene-painting in all of music.

Yet this revolutionary work (which inspired Haydn's *Creation*) awaits a recorded performance truly worthy of its astonishing invention. Harnoncourt's version, taken from a live performance with an international cast, can't be accused of being bland, staid or anything less than dramatically effective. As always, Harnoncourt is predictable in ... Read More:

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15 Years After

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by: Enigma

Release Date January 10, 2006
I entitled my review as such, because I thought that the packaging of this collection is cumbersome, lacks imagination, and very susceptible to cracking during shipping. Otherwise, the sound quality is rather superb, and it is a good box set to own. I just wish they'd put more effort on a better presentation case with more decent inserts - they're all really boring. It's pricey, yes, but you can get mighty good deals on eBay. It's so not worth the asking price - trust me on that!

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Voyageur

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by: Enigma

Release Date September 30, 2003
Si cierras los ojos y te olvidas de que está firmado bajo el nombre de ENIGMA, lo podrás disfrutar como lo he disfrutado yo. "Total eclipse of the moon", "Following the sun", "The piano" y "Voyageur" son excelentes. Las demás son muy buenas si tienes en cuenta de que es ambient pop

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Don't Tell Columbus

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by: Graham Parker

Release Date March 13, 2007
I am a HUGE Graham Parker fan, and, for the most part, I think his CDs have gotten better and better over the last ten years. But this CD should rank right up there with his best work. I might be wrong, but it seems to be more autobiographical than usual and for that reason it is very poignant. Do not expect the hard rocking Parker from Acid Bubbblegum or Squeezing Out Sparks but instead expect a more reflective, melancholy, and sometimes haunting sound - it is a sound that I think suits him to a tea. It is also a sound that may take a few listenings to grab hold, but once it does - and it will - you will find yourself reaching to play it again and again.

(I just wish that he would tour the Pacific Northwest.)