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Nancarrow: Pieces Nos. 1 & 2; ¿Tango?; String Quartet No. 1

2 reviews
Celeste Marie Roy, David Krakauer, ...

Naxos American, 2005

Nancarrow without the player piano: an essential addition to our knowledge of the composer
This is the reissue of a recording made in 1989 and first released in 1991 by Musicmasters. See my lengthy review under the original release (Continuum Performs Nancarrow). It is an essential addition to our knowledge and understanding of Nancarrow, as it documents most of the (very few) pieces he wrote for for "normal" instruments, e.g. live performers, as opposed to the mechanical player piano ...

Millennium Opera Gala: Roy Thomson Hall
Brett Polegato, Gino Quilico, ...

Cbc, 2000

Escape Through Opera

1 review
Luciano Pavarotti, Jane Eaglen, ...

Sony, 2001

If you adore opera as I do you will treasure this and play it repeatedly
What a lush and lovely collection, featuring one magical and exquisite presentation after another! As I said, if you adore opera then you will treasure these CDs. The 2 CD album states: Long drives, Lazy afternoons, Romantic dinners. My favorite however is to put it on when I lie down to sleep. Currently it resides in the CD player by my bed so that I can access it with ease. These scrumptious ...