classical music: Lynn Harrell

classical music: Lynn Harrell

classical music:

Lynn Harrell

Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)

Richard Adler, Peter Allen, ...

Sony, 2004

Fabulous for any Broadway-lover
Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a ...

Beethoven: The Cello Sonatas

Lynn Harrell, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Decca, 2001

Consistently and superbly musical
There is little more one could ask for in these buoyant, dramatic, glowing and felicitous performances by cellist Lynn Harrell and pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy. They simply take off because of their marvelously unforced style of play, which at various moments can be ...

Schubert: The Piano Trios

Lynn Harrell, Franz Schubert, ...

Decca, 1997

Those who criticize the sound quality ...
clearly have wax in their ears/speakers. Through a high fidelity system of any reasonable quality, these recordings sound warm, glorious, superb. And, of course, these compositions are performed in a manner that matches their quality. Among Schubert's best works, in ...

Cello Adagios

Heinrich Schiff, Janos Starker, ...

Decca, 2004

really like it
This is the first classical cd I have ever bought. The two-disc album was a great price. I really love the performance of Lynn Harrell. I like the collection of Adagios because they are perfect to fall asleep to or study to.

Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 2; Itzhak Perlman; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Lynn Harrell

Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Ashkenazy, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

Fine Beethoven Chamber Works
These CDs are discs 3 & 4 of the complete piano trios of Beethoven. They were recorded from 1979 to 1984, and remastered and re-issued on EMI classics in 2004; I am surprised that this is the first review posted on Amazon. The major works on these CDs are the later ...

Archduk & Ghost Piano Trios

Ludwig van Beethoven, Vladimir Ashkenazy, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

This is THE version of the "Archduke" trio to have
This is just too beautiful to describe. There is also the 2CD set but if you are only interested in a 1 CD containing the best piano trios of Beethoven, this is IT.

Taneyev: Chamber Music

Sergey Taneyev, Mikhail Pletnev, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Taneyev's piano quintet is a towering masterpiece that is inexplicably neglected
As an aficionado of chamber music, I thought I was familiar with all the great piano quintets. I had heard that Taneyev's contribution to the genre was a massive work and this was confirmed by my perusal of the score (which was the direct impetus for the purchase of ...

Romantic Adagios

Jascha Silberstein, Lynn Harrell, ...

Decca, 2000

A great, great collection!
I was stunned to see only two and a half stars for romantic adagios. I don't know how much you get to know by listening to only one "song" out of so many in this collection, but in my opinion this CD collection deserves a lot of credit. I had heard of Samuel Barber's ...

Prokofiev: Complete Concertos

Sergey Prokofiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, ...

Decca, 2003

No brainer -- buy it!
This is a great and inexpensive introduction to the concerti of Sergei Prokofiev. And there's not a boring piece--or performance--in the box. I'm generally not a big Ashkenazy fan these days, but many of his earlier recordings were often very fine, and these are ...

Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 1; Itzhak Perlman; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Lynn Harrell

Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Ashkenazy, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

Definitive Beethoven Piano Trios!
Unfortunately there are only a handful of the Beethoven Complete Piano Trios on disc. Of those, these are by far the finest. I've purchased the set by Baremboim-Zukerman-DuPre several years ago, but found their performances to be a bit dry,conservative and uninvolved ...

One Hit Wonders
One Hit Wonders

Deutsche Grammophon, 2003

Duos for Violin & Cello

Lynn Harrell, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

Looking for Intensity? Go Here.
This is a 57-minute collaboration of inspired string playing by two extraordinary musicians playing at the top of their games. Lynn Harrell shreds his normally buttoned-down approach and matches Kennedy's boiling bow bar for bar in this time-space voyage from French ...

Brahms: Piano Trios Opp. 8, 87, & 101
Lynn Harrell, Johannes Brahms, ...

Angel Records, 1994

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

EMI Classics, 2004

Rozsa : Violin Concerto, Op. 24; Cello Concerto, Op. 32; Theme and Variations for Violin, Cello, and ...

Miklos Rozsa, Yoel Levi, ...

Telarc, 2000

Very fine performances of Rozsa's great concertos!
This is a tremendously beautiful violin concerto. It has endless lyrical melody, intense rhythm, bold orchestration, structural integration, and drama. This is the 3rd recording of the work, and I think this is the finest. Robert Mcduffie is a world top class ...