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61.Barber: Adagio for Strings by: Barber May 20, 1997
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Samuel Barber was inspired by a verse from Virgil's Georgics, about a small stream that becomes a river, and one can mentally picture that image listening to this piece; Barber's Adagio appeals to a wide audience because of its beauty, peace, and glorious melody, and in this CD we get to hear how different instruments and artists can color the basic composition. It has been a part of many film soundtracks, like "Platoon" and "The Elephant Man", and been played at funerals of historic figures like John F. Kennedy. The first interpretation is the one we are most familiar with, the traditional string arrangement, played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch, who was musical director of the BSO from 1949-1962. Read More:

62.Good Vibrations by: King's Singers April 03, 1993
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Samuel Barber was inspired by a verse from Virgil's Georgics, about a small stream that becomes a river, and one can mentally picture that image listening to this piece; Barber's Adagio appeals to a wide audience because of its beauty, peace, and glorious melody, and in this CD we get to hear how different instruments and artists can color the basic composition. It has been a part of many film soundtracks, like "Platoon" and "The Elephant Man", and been played at funerals of historic figures like John F. Kennedy. The first interpretation is the one we are most familiar with, the traditional string arrangement, played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch, who was musical director of the BSO from 1949-1962. Read More:

63.Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 6; Romeo and Juliet Overture from: RCA Red Seal November 08, 2004
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Temirkanov chooses dangerously slow tempo for the outer movements (1st movement 20:29/the last 12:01)and probably he is the only conductor who succeeds in this unusually slow pace, while Bernstein and Giulini make complete mess of the whole symphony (Both DG). He introduces the beautiful second theme very slowly with amazing tenderness, but never lets it distort the whole picture of the movement. When the theme returns again, after the explosive outburst, it is most beautifully sung in impressive grandeur. The last movement is a bit too slow, but again the conductor manages to hold slow sections and fast sections seamlessly and achives profoundly elegiac mood. The inner two movements are also very good. If you are after different ... Read More:

64.Grand Hotel - Original Broadway Cast from: RCA Victor December 23, 1999
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Temirkanov chooses dangerously slow tempo for the outer movements (1st movement 20:29/the last 12:01)and probably he is the only conductor who succeeds in this unusually slow pace, while Bernstein and Giulini make complete mess of the whole symphony (Both DG). He introduces the beautiful second theme very slowly with amazing tenderness, but never lets it distort the whole picture of the movement. When the theme returns again, after the explosive outburst, it is most beautifully sung in impressive grandeur. The last movement is a bit too slow, but again the conductor manages to hold slow sections and fast sections seamlessly and achives profoundly elegiac mood. The inner two movements are also very good. If you are after different ... Read More:

65.Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2; Piano Sonata No 1 by: Chicago Symphony Orchestra August 09, 2004
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Richters second is among the very best - and in class with Gilels, Serkins, Pollinis, Fleischers second etc. Deserves 5 big stars for its breadth of visions, warmth and impressive. Unmissible...

66.Flotow: Martha from: RCA Classics Opera March 09, 1996
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Richters second is among the very best - and in class with Gilels, Serkins, Pollinis, Fleischers second etc. Deserves 5 big stars for its breadth of visions, warmth and impressive. Unmissible...

67.Melancholie by: Christian Gerhaher April 07, 2008
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There are a great many great recordings of some of the music on this disc. In the case of the wonderful Opus 39 cycle, which forms the heart of this record, there have been performances by such great names as Matthias Goerne, Ian Bostridge and Kate Royal (in collaboration with Graham Johnson on his excellent Hyperion series), so this new CD is entering a crowded marketplace. However, do not let the big names sway you before you consider buying this. Goerne's tone can at times be reedy and not entirely pleasant, and anyone who has read any of my other reviews will know of my intense allergy to Bostridge. Yes, the man has a pleasant, light tenor voice, but his interpretation seems hysterical, neurotic at times, and I can bear no more than about 5 minutes ... Read More:

68.Lullaby for my Favourite Insomniac by: Ahn Trio June 02, 2008
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There are a great many great recordings of some of the music on this disc. In the case of the wonderful Opus 39 cycle, which forms the heart of this record, there have been performances by such great names as Matthias Goerne, Ian Bostridge and Kate Royal (in collaboration with Graham Johnson on his excellent Hyperion series), so this new CD is entering a crowded marketplace. However, do not let the big names sway you before you consider buying this. Goerne's tone can at times be reedy and not entirely pleasant, and anyone who has read any of my other reviews will know of my intense allergy to Bostridge. Yes, the man has a pleasant, light tenor voice, but his interpretation seems hysterical, neurotic at times, and I can bear no more than about 5 minutes ... Read More:

69.Brahms - Piano Concerto No 1 by: Chicago Symphony Orchestra February 14, 2005
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There are a great many great recordings of some of the music on this disc. In the case of the wonderful Opus 39 cycle, which forms the heart of this record, there have been performances by such great names as Matthias Goerne, Ian Bostridge and Kate Royal (in collaboration with Graham Johnson on his excellent Hyperion series), so this new CD is entering a crowded marketplace. However, do not let the big names sway you before you consider buying this. Goerne's tone can at times be reedy and not entirely pleasant, and anyone who has read any of my other reviews will know of my intense allergy to Bostridge. Yes, the man has a pleasant, light tenor voice, but his interpretation seems hysterical, neurotic at times, and I can bear no more than about 5 minutes ... Read More:

70.The Best of Tomita by: Tomita February 11, 1985
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Isao Tomita and Walter/Wendy Carlos were the pioneers of classical music on synthesisers in the 1970s. A rash of very inferior imitators followed, probably best forgotten. But Tomita used the sythesisers musically, with sympathy and understanding of the music, and this CD, a 'sampler' compilation from his albums, gives a fine picture of what he achieved. This was something genuinely new and interesting in its day and is deserving of a place in the collection of every classical music lover. Listen for example to Debussy's "Reverie", taken to a whole new feeling of wistful remoteness - I defy anyone who is not a total music snob to say that this isn't quite beautiful. "Snowflakes are dancing" is similarly ... Read More:

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