Harmolodic Guitar With Strings
It's a concept album, but it works: Be warned-- this is a weird album that can only come from the disturbed mind of someone like James Blood Ulmer. It is, as the title suggests, just Blood's guitar with a string quartet to back him, although the quartet [... more]
CDN$39.58
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While Passing Along This Way
Wonderful old time music: I love this CD. Its simple, unadorned, yet somehow perfect. A number of these songs are still stuck in my head (in a good way). If you like old time American/bluegrassy music (or even think you might) you cannot go wrong with [... more]
CDN$18.99
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Nouveau Flamenco
From Amazon.co.uk: Ottmar Liebert's most famous, if not most accomplished, effort gave a new genre its title, the New Age market a new champion, and flamenco purists--like Paco de Lucia, who despite a thank-you on the album, has called Liebert's music & [... more]
CDN$17.99
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Piazolla & Burton
Amazon.com essential recording: Recorded within eight weeks of Tango Zero Hour, the recording Astor Piazzolla voted, rightly, as his career's best, this Suite for Vibraphone and New Tango Quintet reaches similar heights of perfection. Vibraphonist Gary [... more]
CDN$12.99
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String Quartets Vol. 1
From Amazon.com: Ernst Toch's life (1887-1964) was split between Germany, where the advent of the Nazis drove him into exile, and California, where he taught, wrote for films, and composed important, if neglected, serious music. CPO's survey of Toch's [... more]
CDN$16.99
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Rare Transcriptions For Vln/Pn
Staggering Virtuoso Duos ...and the voice of God: I remember the first time I hard the music of Saint-Saens was on the radio when one of one of his Cello concertos was playing. I was young then so my interests were in virtuoso music and fast playing. I [... more]
CDN$21.99
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Theodora Comp
From Amazon.co.uk: There is nothing like a good tale of Christian martyrdom to set the old creative juices flowing. Or at least it seemed to do the trick for Handel in this glorious oratorio (it was supposedly a personal favourite of his-and [... more]
CDN$57.99
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Essential Leonard Bernstein
Wonderful Bernstein: For anyone who loves Bernstein (or even for those who don't), this is the CD to purchase. Includes excerpts from some of his most famous stage and serious works. It has performances with some of worlds top names, original casts, and [... more]
CDN$12.99
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La Boheme
From Amazon.co.uk: This is star tenor Andrea Bocelli's first complete opera recording. Coming as he does from a more popular, less technically demanding school of performance, there is no denying his bravery in tackling one of the great tenor roles-- [... more]
CDN$38.99
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Best Of (Rm)
Chronique amazon.fr: Avec quel plaisir retrouve-t-on les nombreuses facettes de l'initiateur de la "biniou wave" ! Ce Best Of couvre la tumultueuse carrière d'Alan Stivell depuis ses débuts dans les années soixante jusqu'& [... more]
CDN$19.99
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Radio-Activity
Chronique amazon.fr: Kraftwerk profite du succès international de Autobahn pour développer ses prétentions conceptuelles dans un album entier consacré à l'exploration des ondes radio (et des autres longueurs d'ondes du [... more]
CDN$19.99
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V14 Ethiopiques (Ethiopia)
This sound grows on the listener: I was very pleased to receive this CD a couple of days ago. Initially I gave it a cursory listen and thought, well, no big deal. The next morning, early, in semi-darkness and fog at the beach, I was kicking back in my [... more]
CDN$20.99
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