Fortissimo: Backstage at the Opera with Sacred Monsters ...
 Author: William Murray Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 782.10973 EAN: 9781400053612 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 1400053617 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: 2006-11-28 Release Date: 2006-11-28 [... more]
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Syms 3-9
Amazon.com essential recording: This is one of the greatest recordings of the famous Ninth Symphony. It has long been overshadowed by Karajan's three recordings for the same label, as well as Bernstein's version with the same orchestra. But put them all [... more]
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Comp. Pno. Sntas., Laredo
Romantic piano music masterfully performed: This amazing collection of Scriabin Piano works is deeply moving, challenging for the listener and brilliantly executed. Scriabin was a composer well ahead of his time in many ways, yet much of his early work [... more]
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Beethoven: Pastoral Symphony (
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0636943803424 Number Of Discs: 2 Release Date: 2002-07-16 UPC: 636943803424 Tracks: On Beethoven's Openings Opening Phrase Of The 'Pastoral': Mood, Symbolism And Musical Function Musical Acorns: The Outline Of Melody; the Shape Of [... more]
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Sinfonia Concertate/Sym
Get it for the Symphony: Attention all Prokofiev fans! This recording of his unjustly neglected "Iron and Steel" 2d symphony is absolutely wonderful. Apparently, Prokofiev himself was present for the premiere of this wonderful piece and he [... more]
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Favorite Beethoven
Marvelous: Fabulous performances of beautiful music. Horowitz lovers, you don't know what you're missing. 6/10 CAN DO BETTER: I suspect it all comes a bit too easy to Ashkenazy, with that effortless gift for piano playing, that God-given musicality and [... more]
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Pomp And Pipes! Powerful Musi
Will knock your socks off!: Don't try this recording without a VERY good hifi system! Excellence audiophile quality recording all the way down to 16hz organ notes. A must for any brass musician! Sensational, and a story here ...: I've always thought it [... more]
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony"; ...
Great music!: Vaughan Williams' 2nd Symphony is supposed to be one of the composer's own favorites among all his works, and it certainly is loveable. Andre Previn's interpretation has a better grasp of the tempo than, say, Sir John Barbirolli's. If you [... more]
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Pno Sons 1/3/32
From Amazon.co.uk: Splicing Alpha with Omega, Beethoven's first sonata with his last, this series of recordings by the greatest British pianist of the 20th century gets off to a magnificent start. And from the rocketing figure onwards which launches No.1, [... more]
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Missa Solemnis
An Outstanding Budget 'Missa Solemnis': My personal benchmarks for the 'Missa Solemnis' are those by Bernstein and John Eliot Gardiner. Bernstein recorded it several times (including once with Eileen Farrell, Kim Borg and Richard Lewis, but hard to find [... more]
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Uneasiness as an expressive tool - doesn't work here: I liked this recording at first, but the more I heard it the more it started to irritate. To me, the Brahms B flat shouldn't be played as Serkin does it. His remarkable on-the-edge playing style works [... more]
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Schnittke: Violin Sonata No.
Excellent performances of important early Schnittke: This disc features performances of Schnittke's first two violin sonatas played by their dedicatee, Mark Lubotsky, along with a less important parodic work. The two sonatas date from 1964 and 1968, and [... more]
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