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Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

7 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, ...

Telarc, 1993

A ceremony in sound
This is a beautifully performed CD of ceremonial music of the Christian tradition. While organist Michael Murray talks about the diversity of kinds of ceremonial music in the liner notes essay, the musical selection here is drawn from the Western Christian tradition with few exceptions. Sometimes the music did not start out as ceremonial in nature - Murray points out that the 'Incidental ...

Bach Edition: Complete Works (155 CD Box Set)

50 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Andrew Manze, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2006

so far, definitely so good
I have listened to, thus far, 70 discs and have enjoyed all but one of the performances, especially the Mass in B Minor, Magnificat, Goldberg Variations, The Art of Fugue, and to my surprise in spite of unfavourable reviews elsewhere, the Sacred Cantatas. I found the choral singing and orchestral playing of The Sixteen to be very moving and beautiful. Given the cost of this complete set, I feel I ...

Schumann: Piano Concerto / Sviatoslav Richter

11 reviews
Robert Schumann, Stanislaw Wislocki, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

Keep coming back to this Schumann piano concerto
Over the course of time, I have listened to at least five different pianists play this Schumann piano concerto. Most recently I've discovered Klara Wurtz and find her refreshing to listen to in her well balanced lyrical interpretation and technical skills (Check her out! - she plays Schumann beautifully). But this classic recording will always be the #1 recording in my book. It' no wonder ...

Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, Fifth Edition, Volume 1: Ancient to Baroque (6 CDs)

3 reviews

W. W. Norton, 2005

The Standard
If you're a music student at almost any major school (I just finished my undergraduate at Indiana University, for example) you'll most likely need to take a course that uses these CD's as part of its history survey. For that purpose, this set is an excellent collection. These, with their companion Norton Anthology of Western Music, and in conjunction with Grout/Palisca's History of Western ...

Stories Of Schumann And Grieg
Edvard Grieg, Robert Schumann, ...

Vox (Classical), 1995

J.S. Bach: Toccata, Partita, English Suite 2/ Martha Argerich

24 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Martha Argerich

Deutsche Grammophon, 2000

INEFFABLE!
Do you like Glenn Gould's Bach? So listen to what Martha can do baby... Ms. Argerich, you rule!

Original Jacket Collection: Vladimir Horowitz

3 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Sony, 2001

Ca$hing in on Nostalgia
Despite having died over twelve years ago, Vladimir Horowitz remains a potent force in the ever-shrinking Classical music market. Since his death in 1989, Horowitz' complete recordings have been remastered and reissued, and a number of previously unreleased recordings have also surfaced. The marketing gimmick behind the Original Jacket Collection is a simple one: ten CDs, with the music ...

Debut Recital / Martha Argerich

34 reviews
Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

WOW! Absolutely stunning!
I just bought this disc and was blown away by it. It was everything I thought it would be and then some. It has to be one of the great piano recital CDs of all time. I can't imagine anyone being disappointed with this.

Horowitz Live and Unedited [includes Bonus DVD]

9 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ferruccio Busoni, ...

Sony, 2003

WHAT IS GOING ON?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? WHY CANT YOU JUST LEAVE THE POOR MAN ALONE? I AM A PIANO STUDENT WHO JUST FINISHED A CONCERT SERIES OUTSIDE OF MY OWN COUNTRY AND I HAVE JUST READ SOME OF THE OTHER REIEWS ABOUT HOROWITZ HERE AND I AM FRANKLY DIGUSTED. ARE WRONG NOTES ALL YOU PEOPLE LISTEN TO? HOROWITZ WAS BRILLIANT, YES, BUT HE WAS ALSO HUMAN LIKE ALL OF US. I MAKE MY FAIR SHARE OF WRONG NOTES AND ...

Bach & Beyond - Gabriela Montero

23 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gabriela Montero, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

Sublime
This is compositional improvisation at the highest possible level - stunning - with everything that music is or is supposed to have: the highs, the lows, the emotions, the amazingly transparent technical ability. Not only is she a brilliant performer of such composers as Chopin, Bach, Debussy, Granados and some of the modernists like Prokofiev, but she has entirely absorbed the musical idiom of ...

Greatest Hits: Harpsichord

9 reviews
Mateo Albeniz, Anonymous, ...

Sony, 1995

"Best Harpsichord Recording"
I have always loved the sound of the Harpsichord and for many years hearing poorly recorded or played Harpsichord this treasure is a must have. From the fine compositions to the good sound quality this CD is definately a keeper. Plenty of music for a moderate price as well.

Schumann: Kinderszenen Op15

4 reviews
Robert Schumann, Vladimir Horowitz

Sony, 1990

The Definitive Kreislerianna
Everything on this disc is what you'd expect from one of the greatest pianists of all time: superb. But the treasure is the Kreislerianna, of which this is the definitive recording. I've searched in vain for a more recent, sonically better version. There is, for example, a decent recording of the piece by Perahia, a mediocre one by Brendel, and an awful one by Argerich (arghhh!), but nothing ...

The Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music (Box Set)

10 reviews
Miklos Perenyi, Bela Kovacs, ...

Delta, 1994

It is the best collection of classic masterpieces.
I had this collection and lost it in 2000 when moving to a new house. I took me a time to find it but after having it again I can say it is the most valuable selection of classic music, it is truly the 100 top masterpieces and the sound is excellent.

Prokofiev: Sonata No.7/Toccata, Op.11/Barber: Sonata, Op.26/Kabalevsky: Sonata No.3/Fauré: Nocturne ...

5 reviews
Samuel Barber, Gabriel Faure, ...

RCA, 1990

Get this CD. Be amazed. Tell a friend.
This is a desert island disc if ever there was one. Let's get skip ahead and talk about the Toccata. This piece can only be described in roller-coaster terms. For 4'00" you will experience every conceivable twist and turn, the music will only slow down to gather momentum (like when you are slowly hoisted up on a bungee cord just to get ready for a free fall). Exhilerating! Don't think for ...

The Perlman Edition (Box Set)
Jules Eskin, Israel Zohar, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

Alkan: Piano Works; Ronald Smith

5 reviews
Charles Alkan, Ronald Smith

EMI Classics, 2004

Exceptional Pianist/Inspirational Composer
Ronald Smith died on the 27 May 2004 a week before I was due to hear him perform in concert at the age of 82. Obviously I was incredibly upset by his death and not having ever heard him play - especially ALKAN. Ronald Smith was the man who re-established Charles-Valentin Alkan as one of the greatest composers of piano music. Busoni claimed "Alkan, alongside Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Brahms, ...

Horowitz: The Private Collection, Vol. 1

2 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Frederic Chopin, ...

RCA, 1994

A Bach rarity.
Being a great Horowitz fan, I just had to find out how the master would fare in a non-transcribed Bach work. Just like Michelangeli, Horowitz was of the opinion that a pianist should study the whole reperoire, but be selective in the works to be played in front of an audience. While his Bach-Busonis do not represent the heights of his discography -just compare with Lipatti-, I do consider ...

Midnight at Notre-Dame [Hybrid SACD]

5 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Hector Berlioz, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2004

A remarkable CD of organ transcriptions.
The superlatives for this CD must begin with the recorded sound, certainly the best (and most realistic) pipe organ reproduction I believe I've ever heard over a period of many years of listening to such recordings. This recording is a hybrid SACD that contains two layers and three sets of signals (SACD surround sound and SACD stereo in one layer and "conventional" CD audio in the other). Even ...

Great Toccatas

5 reviews
Albert Alain, Jehan Alain, ...

Erato, 1994

Magisterial
To properly appreciate this record one should (of course) hear it live, preferably in a church with excellent acoustics. It must be admitted, though, that this CD is the next best thing. The depth and sonority of sound is difficult to match and it goes without saying that the artistry in both interpretation and handling the sheer difficulty of the pieces is unmatched. The Romantic Era organ was ...

Buxtehude: Opera Omnia VI

1 review
Dietrich Buxtehude, Ton Koopman

Challenge, 2008

Buxtehude's Harpsichord Works--Vol. 2
Ton Koopman's project of recording of the complete works (opera omnia) of Dieterich Buxtehude goes from strength to strength. The first volume of harpsichord works (Buxtehude: Harpsichord Works, Vol. 1) included the longest and best known pieces. This is the second and concluding volume. As before, Koopman makes his performances sparkle with energy and enthusiasm. If you already own volume 1, ...

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