Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9; Te Deum [DVD Video]4 reviews Deutsche Grammophon, 2008 A probing Eighth Symphony, an anguished Ninth + The Art of Perfection in Bruckner + Magnificent Bruckner concerts + An Astonishing Document of a Mostly Vanished Tradition             Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" / Claudio Abbado, Eteri Gvazava, Anna Larsson, Orfeon Donostiarra, ...19 reviews Claudio Abbado, Eteri Gvazava Euroarts, 2005 Ultimate Mahler + Spine tingling + Stuning Performance + Vintage Claudio             Poulenc: Gloria; Concerto for Organ; Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms3 reviews Francis Poulenc, Igor Stravinsky, ... Telarc, 2004 A very welcome reissue--but why was it ever out of print? + Glorious Gloria! + Celebratory Music for All Seasons! One of my most cherished CDs was a used copy of the Symphony of Psalms and the Poulenc Gloria, which was among Shaw's first CDs for Telarc. The only problem with that CD was that it was already well-used, and on the verge of being unplayable. So, naturally, I was horrified to find out--in the ...             Gabrieli · Monteverdi · Vivaldi - Venetian Church Music / Taverner Consort, Choir & Players · Andrew Parrott8 reviews Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi, ... EMI Classics, 2001 exceptional tone quality + Excellent compilation + The Beauty of God + a voice teacher and early music fan + A "Regular People" Review             Russian Orthodox Church Songs Traditional, Jerzy Szurbak, ... Polskie Nagrania, 1994 Nicolai Gedda (lirico spinto) - world famous tenor and soloist of the biggest opera theatres all over the world including 25 operatic seasons at New York Met. Leonard Mroz - singer with extraordinary beautiful bass voice; soloist performing on stages of Vienna, New York, Teheran, Moscow and other cities all over the world. The Orthodox Church Music Ensemble directed by Jerzy Szurbak - founded ...             Handel: Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks5 reviews George Frederick Handel, Kevin Mallon Naxos, 2006 Sparkling, vibrant and authentic + Also Available as SACD + best version ever ? + Fresh and beautiful readings             Shostakovich: The String Quartets6 reviews Dmitry Shostakovich DG, 2006 The first--and still greatest?--modernist readings + American-Style Borscht...with a Dash of Hot Sauce + Cruel Joke + Great music, great performance             Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3; Sonata a 5 [Hybrid SACD]2 reviews George Frederick Handel, Richard Egarr, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2007 Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3; Sonata a 5 + Very Good Performance and Recording Richard Egarr's first recording with AAM, this first volume of an anticipated Handel cycle is swiftly -- and justifiably -- gathering accolades. Classics Today rated it 10/10, calling the disc a "terrific release," "superbly engineered and presented [...]. It doesn't get any better." This month, ...             Bach: Organ Works3 reviews Johann Sebastian Bach, Karl Richter Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 THE BEST OF BACH + THE BEST OF KARL RICHTER + Old Friends, Rejuvenated + Music for a Winter's Day Here we have the best organ works of J S BACH played by the well known director KARL RICHTER. He includes one Prelude and FUgue on each key form the original ones written for organ.So we can say we have here a Well Tempered Organ by JS BACH. I recommed it to all that want to listen the best of ...             Igor Stravinsky: The Final Chorale/Five Orchestral Pieces3 reviews Stravinsky Juxtapositions, 2005 Two Masterful Music Documentaries by Frank Scheffer + Elucidating two classic works in a highly entertaining format + two seminal classics of modernity This DVD combines two marvelous documentaries done by the expert classical music documentarian, Frank Scheffer. The first, called 'Igor Stravinsky: The Finale Chorale,' concerns itself with the 'Symphonies of Wind Instruments' from 1920. 'Symphonies' was written in memory of Stravinsky's friend and ...             Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Adagio10 reviews Gustav Mahler, Leonard Bernstein, ... Sony, 1998 A true "Titan" of a recording + Required Listening + Best Recording of Mahler's First Symphony + Choosing between Bernstein's two Mahler Firsts + very good recording             Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. 116 reviews Franz Joseph Haydn, Colin Davis, ... Philips, 1994 Haydn's London Symphonies + The best modern set of the London Symphonies - Magical + Yeah...but how about Leslie Jones? + 25 % OF A PERFECT HAYDN-LONDON CYCLE + Comparison - Jochum's Set vs. Colin Davis'             Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies3 reviews Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Marius Rintzler, ... Decca, 2006 SUPERB overall + still one of the only complete DSCH symphony sets I have an average of about 10 recordings for each Shostakovich symphony. My first box set of DSCH symphonies was this set, and I still think it's really great! There may be some more special versions of some of the symphonies out there, but you can't go wrong with this for an overall set. ...             Bach: Magnificat; Easter Oratorio4 reviews Johann Sebastian Bach, Andrew Parrott, ... EMI Classics, 2000 One-Voice-Per-Part At It's Best + The Extreme End of the Minimalist Spectrum: The Purity of Bach + Simply wonderful + One of the finest Bach recordings in the catalog             Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain9 reviews Modest Mussorgsky, Leonard Bernstein, ... Sony, 1990 Another great Bernstein + Nice production of classic sound + Satisfying version of 'Pictures..'; liked album on the whole I love Bernstein. Both the Mussorgsky's Pictures at Exhibition and A nigth in the Bald Mountain are masterpieces, and so is Ravel's orchestration of the pictures. I think Bernstein's direction excellent, so beautiful as, for instance, that (famous) by Toscanini.             Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-49 reviews Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Neville Marriner, ... EMI Classics, 2003 Best Tuckwell version! + Tuckwell "rules" + Beautifully Played Mozart + Mozart Horn Concerti 1-4 + For horn lovers             Bach: The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites15 reviews Yo-Yo Ma, Johann Sebastian Bach Sony, 2006 JS Bach & YoYoMa - The Master played by a Master + Necessary + Unbelievable + intimate inducement of introspection + ...those hard to find items             Ives: Symphony No. 4 / Three Places in New England / Central Park in the Dark4 reviews Charles Ives, Michael Tilson Thomas, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1990 Ives' vision of a transcendental community + If You Want an Ives' 4th... + A more profound reading... This is fantastic music -- amazing that Ives composed it from 1903 to 1916, as it utilizes high/low juxtapositions, pastiche and "sampling" that would become important only in the postmodern art of the '70s and after! "Three Places" was recorded in 1970, and the 4th Symphony and "Central Park" in ...             Britten: War Requiem7 reviews Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Britten, ... Decca, 2006 Great music, great recording + Fantastic + i don/t have the cds yet, but... + A Safe Bet + Can't help saying a few words about the 1-star review             Mozart: Complete String Trios & Duos7 reviews Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble, ... Philips, 1996 A nice pair + forgotten masterpieces + A style made for Mozart + Nobody like Artur Grumiaux for Mozart violin music!